Dangling pointer — Study Resources & PYQs
Pointer that refers to a memory location that is no longer valid or available.
- Estimated study time: 30 minutes
Study resources
- Dynamic Memory Allocation section - GeeksforGeeks tutorial (Article) — Covers malloc, calloc, realloc and free, plus memory leaks and the program's memory layout. A dangling pointer is what you get from using a pointer after free, which this section explains.
- C Pointers - Programiz (Article) — Starts from what an address is and why scanf already uses & before introducing pointer syntax. The gentlest starting point for this unit.
Taught in these subjects
- COMPUTER PROGRAMMING — CST3101 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- COMPUTER PROGRAMMING — CST3101 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu