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FPT SOFTWARE WORKFORCE ASSURANCE

Memory management &


Pointer in C

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Objectives

▪ Memory layout
▪ Variable and memory location
▪ Pointer variable
▪ Assigning values to a pointer
▪ Memory allocation for a pointer
▪ Pointer arithmetic
▪ Pass by Value & Pass by Reference

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Memory layout

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Variable and memory location

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Variable and memory location

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Pointer variable

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Assigning values to a pointer

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Memory allocation for a pointer

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Pointer arithmetic

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Question

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Pointer vs Array

Most of the time, pointer and array accesses can be


treated as acting the same, the major exceptions:
1.sizeof operator
2.& operator
3.a string literal initialization of a character array
4.Pointer variable can be assigned a value whereas
array variable cannot be
5.Arithmetic on pointer variable is allowed
6.Array is a collection of similar data types while pointer
variable stores the address of another variable

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Pointer vs Array

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Pass by Value?

Swap value of 2
integer variables

A copy of the data is made and stored by way of the name of the
parameter. Any changes to the parameter have NO affect on data in
the calling function.
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Pass by Value?

a and b value are not changed, their copies are changed only
🡪 Can we change those value after function call?

🡪 We can access to address of those variables

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Pass by Reference?

A reference parameter "refers" to the original data in the calling


function.

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Q&A

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