Pointer variable and its importance — Study Resources & PYQs
Concept of pointer variables, memory addresses and their importance in C programming.
- Estimated study time: 30 minutes
Study resources
- Pointers in C - GeeksforGeeks (Article) — Covers declaration, dereferencing, why pointers matter, and their disadvantages (memory corruption, leaks, segmentation faults from uninitialised pointers). The advantages-and-disadvantages list is a…
- Storage Classes in C - GeeksforGeeks (Article) — Explains all four storage classes with scope, lifetime, default value and storage location, plus runnable examples. The static-variable-preserves-its-value example is the one to remember.
Taught in these subjects
- COMPUTER PROGRAMMING — CST3101 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- FUNDAMENTALS OF PROGRAMMING USING C — CST3201 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- COMPUTER PROGRAMMING — CST3101 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu