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12.8 — Null pointers

In the previous lesson ( 12.7 -- Introduction to pointers ), we covered the basics of pointers, which are objects that hold the address of another object. This address can be dereferenced using the dereference operator (*) to get the object at that address:

The above example prints:

In the prior lesson, we also noted that pointers do not need to point to anything. In this lesson, we’ll explore such pointers (and the various implications of pointing to nothing) further.

Null pointers

Besides a memory address, there is one additional value that a pointer can hold: a null value. A null value (often shortened to null ) is a special value that means something has no value. When a pointer is holding a null value, it means the pointer is not pointing at anything. Such a pointer is called a null pointer .

The easiest way to create a null pointer is to use value initialization:

Best practice

Value initialize your pointers (to be null pointers) if you are not initializing them with the address of a valid object.

Because we can use assignment to change what a pointer is pointing at, a pointer that is initially set to null can later be changed to point at a valid object:

The nullptr keyword

Much like the keywords true and false represent Boolean literal values, the nullptr keyword represents a null pointer literal. We can use nullptr to explicitly initialize or assign a pointer a null value.

In the above example, we use assignment to set the value of ptr2 to nullptr , making ptr2 a null pointer.

Use nullptr when you need a null pointer literal for initialization, assignment, or passing a null pointer to a function.

Dereferencing a null pointer results in undefined behavior

Much like dereferencing a dangling (or wild) pointer leads to undefined behavior, dereferencing a null pointer also leads to undefined behavior. In most cases, it will crash your application.

The following program illustrates this, and will probably crash or terminate your application abnormally when you run it (go ahead, try it, you won’t harm your machine):

Conceptually, this makes sense. Dereferencing a pointer means “go to the address the pointer is pointing at and access the value there”. A null pointer holds a null value, which semantically means the pointer is not pointing at anything. So what value would it access?

Accidentally dereferencing null and dangling pointers is one of the most common mistakes C++ programmers make, and is probably the most common reason that C++ programs crash in practice.

Whenever you are using pointers, you’ll need to be extra careful that your code isn’t dereferencing null or dangling pointers, as this will cause undefined behavior (probably an application crash).

Checking for null pointers

Much like we can use a conditional to test Boolean values for true or false , we can use a conditional to test whether a pointer has value nullptr or not:

The above program prints:

In lesson 4.9 -- Boolean values , we noted that integral values will implicitly convert into Boolean values: an integral value of 0 converts to Boolean value false , and any other integral value converts to Boolean value true .

Similarly, pointers will also implicitly convert to Boolean values: a null pointer converts to Boolean value false , and a non-null pointer converts to Boolean value true . This allows us to skip explicitly testing for nullptr and just use the implicit conversion to Boolean to test whether a pointer is a null pointer. The following program is equivalent to the prior one:

Conditionals can only be used to differentiate null pointers from non-null pointers. There is no convenient way to determine whether a non-null pointer is pointing to a valid object or dangling (pointing to an invalid object).

Use nullptr to avoid dangling pointers

Above, we mentioned that dereferencing a pointer that is either null or dangling will result in undefined behavior. Therefore, we need to ensure our code does not do either of these things.

We can easily avoid dereferencing a null pointer by using a conditional to ensure a pointer is non-null before trying to dereference it:

But what about dangling pointers? Because there is no way to detect whether a pointer is dangling, we need to avoid having any dangling pointers in our program in the first place. We do that by ensuring that any pointer that is not pointing at a valid object is set to nullptr .

That way, before dereferencing a pointer, we only need to test whether it is null -- if it is non-null, we assume the pointer is not dangling.

A pointer should either hold the address of a valid object, or be set to nullptr. That way we only need to test pointers for null, and can assume any non-null pointer is valid.

Unfortunately, avoiding dangling pointers isn’t always easy: when an object is destroyed, any pointers to that object will be left dangling. Such pointers are not nulled automatically! It is the programmer’s responsibility to ensure that all pointers to an object that has just been destroyed are properly set to nullptr .

When an object is destroyed, any pointers to the destroyed object will be left dangling (they will not be automatically set to nullptr ). It is your responsibility to detect these cases and ensure those pointers are subsequently set to nullptr .

Legacy null pointer literals: 0 and NULL

In older code, you may see two other literal values used instead of nullptr .

The first is the literal 0 . In the context of a pointer, the literal 0 is specially defined to mean a null value, and is the only time you can assign an integral literal to a pointer.

As an aside…

On modern architectures, the address 0 is typically used to represent a null pointer. However, this value is not guaranteed by the C++ standard, and some architectures use other values. The literal 0 , when used in the context of a null pointer, will be translated into whatever address the architecture uses to represent a null pointer.

Additionally, there is a preprocessor macro named NULL (defined in the <cstddef> header). This macro is inherited from C, where it is commonly used to indicate a null pointer.

Both 0 and NULL should be avoided in modern C++ (use nullptr instead). We discuss why in lesson 12.11 -- Pass by address (part 2) .

Favor references over pointers whenever possible

Pointers and references both give us the ability to access some other object indirectly.

Pointers have the additional abilities of being able to change what they are pointing at, and to be pointed at null. However, these pointer abilities are also inherently dangerous: A null pointer runs the risk of being dereferenced, and the ability to change what a pointer is pointing at can make creating dangling pointers easier:

Since references can’t be bound to null, we don’t have to worry about null references. And because references must be bound to a valid object upon creation and then can not be reseated, dangling references are harder to create.

Because they are safer, references should be favored over pointers, unless the additional capabilities provided by pointers are required.

Favor references over pointers unless the additional capabilities provided by pointers are needed.

Question #1

1a) Can we determine whether a pointer is a null pointer or not? If so, how?

Show Solution

Yes, we can use a conditional (if statement or conditional operator) on the pointer. A pointer will convert to Boolean false if it is a null pointer, and true otherwise.

1b) Can we determine whether a non-null pointer is valid or dangling? If so, how?

There is no easy way to determine this.

Question #2

For each subitem, answer whether the action described will result in behavior that is: predictable, undefined, or possibly undefined. If the answer is “possibly undefined”, clarify when.

2a) Assigning a new address to a non-const pointer

Predictable.

2b) Assigning nullptr to a pointer

2c) Dereferencing a pointer to a valid object

2d) Dereferencing a dangling pointer

2e) Dereferencing a null pointer

2f) Dereferencing a non-null pointer

Possibly undefined, if the pointer is dangling.

Question #3

Why should we set pointers that aren’t pointing to a valid object to ‘nullptr’?

We can not determine whether a non-null pointer is valid or dangling, and accessing a dangling pointer will result in undefined behavior. Therefore, we need to ensure that we do not have any dangling pointers in our program.

If we ensure all pointers are either pointing to valid objects or set to nullptr , then we can use a conditional to test for null to ensure we don’t dereference a null pointer, and assume all non-null pointers are pointing to valid objects.

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14.6 Null Pointers

A pointer value can be null , which means it does not point to any object. The cleanest way to get a null pointer is by writing NULL , a standard macro defined in stddef.h . You can also do it by casting 0 to the desired pointer type, as in (char *) 0 . (The cast operator performs explicit type conversion; See Explicit Type Conversion .)

You can store a null pointer in any lvalue whose data type is a pointer type:

These two, if consecutive, can be combined into a declaration with initializer,

You can also explicitly cast NULL to the specific pointer type you want—it makes no difference.

To test whether a pointer is null, compare it with zero or NULL , as shown here:

Since testing a pointer for not being null is basic and frequent, all but beginners in C will understand the conditional without need for != NULL :

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In this Lecture, we will discuss about Null Pointer in C++.

You can allocate memory on the heap using the new operator like this.

It will allocate the memory on the heap and returns a pointer pointing to that memory location. We can initialise our pointer with this value. Now, our pointer ptr points to a memory location on the heap, which contains the integer value. Afterward, we can access that value using the pointer, or we can also change the content of that value using the pointer like this.

After usage, we must delete the allocated memory on the heap. For that, we will use the delete operator to delete the memory like this.

After this line, the memory allocated in the heap will be deleted. However, the pointer ptr will still be pointing to that memory location, which is now an invalid memory location because the memory is already deallocated. So we need to make sure that after the delete operator, the pointer ptr must point to NULL. Like this,

Now pointer ptr is a NULL Pointer. If we don’t assign NULL t pointer, the pointer will be called a dangling pointer ptr. Now, if we try to access any value using this pointer, it can result in an undefined behavior, because pointer ptr is pointing to a memory location that is already deleted. Therefore, we must initialise the pointer to NULL after deleting the memory. The value of NULL is 0.

Also, while accessing the value using a pointer, we should always first check if the memory is valid or not. For that, we can pass the pointer in an if condition. Like this,

If the pointer is pointing to a NULL value, it means it’s not a valid value, and we can’t access the value. However, if the pointer contains the NULL, which is also equivalent to zero, this if condition will fail and will not go to this if block.

When we declare a pointer and don’t initialise it, the default value will be a garbage value. It means the pointer is pointing to some invalid memory location.

Now, if someone tried to access the value through this pointer, it can result in undefined behavior. Therefore, we should always initialise a pointer while declaring it. Either we need to initialise it with a valid address either on its stack or in heap, or if we plan to assign a valid point at a later stage, then we must initialise the pointer with NULL.

While accessing the value, we must check if the given pointer is valid or not like this, and then only should we access the value at that memory location pointed by this pointer.

If you try to delete a null pointer, then it can also result in undefined behaviour, if data type of Object is a User defained data type. Therefore, before deleting a pointer, we should always check if the pointer is valid or not using the if operator. If the pointer is valid or contains a valid memory location, it will return true, and we can delete the memory. However, if the pointer is a null pointer, then the if statement will return false, and we won’t delete the value.

The complete example is as follows,

In this lecture, we learned about Null Pointer in C and C++.

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NULL is a macro in C, defined in the <stdio.h> header file, and it represent a null pointer constant. Conceptually, when a pointer has that Null value it is not pointing anywhere.

If you declare a pointer in C, and don't assign it a value, it will be assigned a garbage value by the C compiler, and that can lead to errors.

Void pointer is a specific pointer type. void * which is a pointer that points to some data location in storage, which doesn't have any specific type.

Don't confuse the void * pointer with a NULL pointer.

NULL pointer is a value whereas, Void pointer is a type.

Below is a program to define a NULL pointer.

Program Output:

C program example for Null Pointer

Use Null Pointer to mark end of Pointer Array in C

Now let's see a program in which we will use the NULL pointer in a practical usecase.

We will create an array with string values ( char * ), and we will keep the last value of the array as NULL. We will also define a search() function to search for name in the array.

Inside the search() function, while searching for a value in the array, we will use NULL pointer to identify the end of the array.

So let's see the code,

Peter is in the list. Scarlett not found.

This is a simple program to give you an idea of how you can use the NULL pointer. But there is so much more that you can do. You can ask the user to input the names for the array. And then the user can also search for names. So you just have to customize the program a little to make it support user input.

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Nullptr, the pointer literal (since c++11), [ edit ] syntax, [ edit ] explanation.

The keyword nullptr denotes the pointer literal. It is a prvalue of type std::nullptr_t . There exist implicit conversions from nullptr to null pointer value of any pointer type and any pointer to member type. Similar conversions exist for any null pointer constant, which includes values of type std::nullptr_t as well as the macro NULL .

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Demonstrates that nullptr retains the meaning of null pointer constant even if it is no longer a literal.

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C++ Null Pointers

It is always a good practice to assign the pointer NULL to a pointer variable in case you do not have exact address to be assigned. This is done at the time of variable declaration. A pointer that is assigned NULL is called a null pointer.

The NULL pointer is a constant with a value of zero defined in several standard libraries, including iostream. Consider the following program −

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result −

On most of the operating systems, programs are not permitted to access memory at address 0 because that memory is reserved by the operating system. However, the memory address 0 has special significance; it signals that the pointer is not intended to point to an accessible memory location. But by convention, if a pointer contains the null (zero) value, it is assumed to point to nothing.

To check for a null pointer you can use an if statement as follows −

Thus, if all unused pointers are given the null value and you avoid the use of a null pointer, you can avoid the accidental misuse of an uninitialized pointer. Many times, uninitialized variables hold some junk values and it becomes difficult to debug the program.

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NULL Pointer in C++

A NULL Pointer in C++ indicates the absence of a valid memory address in C++. It tells that the pointer is not pointing to any valid memory location In other words, it has the value “NULL” (or ‘ nullpt r’ since C++11). This is generally done at the time of variable declaration to check whether the pointer points to some valid memory address or not. It is also returned by several inbuilt functions as a failure response.

Trying to dereference a NULL pointer i.e. trying to access the memory it points to leads to some undefined behavior leading to the program crash.

Syntax of Null Pointer in C++

We can create a NULL pointer of any type by simply assigning the value NULL to the pointer as shown:

A null pointer is represented by the value 0 or by using the keyword NULL. With the new versions of C++ like C++11 and later, we can use “nullptr” to indicate a null pointer.

Checking NULL Pointer

We can check whether a pointer is a NULL pointer by using the equality comparison operator.

The above expression will return true if the pointer is a NULL pointer. False otherwise.

Applications of Null Pointer in C++

Null Pointer finds its applications in the following scenarios:

  • Initialization: It is a good practice to Initialize pointers to a null value as it helps avoid undefined behavior by explicitly indicating they are not pointing to valid memory locations.
  • Default Values: Null pointers act as default or initial values for pointers when no valid address is assigned to the pointers.
  • Error Handling: They are useful in error conditions or to signify the absence of data that enables better handling of exceptional cases.
  • Resource Release: To release the resources, like the destructor of a class, or to set pointers to NULL after deletion we can use a null pointer to avoid accidentally using or accessing the released memory.
  • Sentinel Values : A null pointer can be used to indicate the end of a data structure or a list like in the linked list last node has a null pointer as the next field.

Example of NULL Pointer in C++

The below example demonstrates the dereferencing and assignment of a null pointer to another value.

Explanation : In the example given above first the pointer is pointing to a null value. First, we check whether the pointer is pointing to a null value or not before dereferencing it to avoid any kind of runtime error. Then we assign the pointer a valid memory address and then check it before dereferencing it. As the pointer is not pointing to a null value, the else part is executed.

Disadvantages of NULL Pointers in C++

NULL pointer makes it possible to check for pointer errors but it also has its limitations:

  • Dereferencing a NULL pointer causes undefined behavior that may lead to runtime errors like segmentation faults.
  • We need to check explicitly for NULL pointers before dereferencing it to avoid undefined behavior.

It is important to understand null pointers in C++ to handle pointers safely and prevent unexpected runtime errors. They signify the absence of valid memory addresses and help in error handling and pointer initialization. Proper usage and precautions regarding null pointers are essential in writing error-free C++ code.

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İşaretçiler nedir?

C++'da işaretçi, başka bir değişkenin adresini tutan bir değişkeni ifade eder. Normal değişkenler gibi işaretçilerin de bir veri türü vardır. Örneğin, integer tipindeki bir işaretçi, integer tipindeki bir değişkenin adresini tutabilir. Karakter tipindeki bir işaretçi, karakter tipindeki bir değişkenin adresini tutabilir.

Bir işaretçiyi hafıza adresinin sembolik bir temsili olarak görmelisiniz. İşaretçiler sayesinde programlar referansa göre çağrıyı simüle edebilir. Ayrıca dinamik veri yapılarını oluşturabilir ve işleyebilirler. C++'da işaretçi değişkeni, başka bir değişkenin işaret ettiği bellekteki belirli bir adresi işaret eden bir değişkeni ifade eder.

C++'daki adresler

C++ işaretçilerini anlamak için bilgisayarların verileri nasıl sakladığını anlamalısınız.

C++ programınızda bir değişken oluşturduğunuzda, bu değişkene bilgisayar belleğinde bir miktar alan atanır. Bu değişkenin değeri atanan konumda saklanır.

Verilerin bilgisayar belleğinde saklandığı yeri bilmek için C++ aşağıdakileri sağlar: & (referans) operatörü. Operatör değişkenin bulunduğu adresi döndürür.

Örneğin, x bir değişkense, &x değişkenin adresini döndürür.

İşaretçi Bildirimi Sözdizimi

C++ bildirimi aşağıdakileri alırwing sözdizimi:

  • Veri türü, geçerli bir C++ veri türü olması gereken işaretçinin temel türüdür.
  • Değişken_adı işaretçi değişkeninin adı olmalıdır.
  • Yukarıda işaretçi bildirimi için kullanılan yıldız işareti, çarpma işlemini gerçekleştirmek için kullanılan yıldız işaretine benzer. Değişkeni işaretçi olarak işaretleyen yıldız işaretidir.

İşte C++'daki geçerli işaretçi bildirimlerinin bir örneği:

Referans operatörü (&) ve Referans operatörü (*)

Referans operatörü (&), değişkenin adresini döndürür.

Referans operatörü (*), hafıza adresinde saklanan değeri elde etmemize yardımcı olur.

Eğer num adı verilen, 0x234 adresinde saklanan ve 28 değerini saklayan bir değişkenimiz varsa.

Referans operatörü (&) 0x234 değerini döndürecektir.

Başvuru operatörü (*) 5 değerini döndürecektir.

Reference operator (&) and Deference operator (*)

Bu nasıl çalışır:

Reference operator (&) and Deference operator (*)

İşte kodun ekran görüntüsü:

Reference operator (&) and Deference operator (*)

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  • x değişkeninin adresini yazdırın. Adresin değeri ip değişkeninde saklandı.
  • İşaretçinin adresinde saklanan değeri yazdır.
  • Program başarılı bir şekilde yürütüldüğünde değeri döndürmelidir.
  • Main() işlevinin gövdesinin sonu.

İşaretçiler ve Diziler

Diziler ve işaretçiler ilgili bir konsepte göre çalışır. İşaretçilerin bulunduğu dizilerle çalışırken dikkat edilmesi gereken farklı şeyler vardır. Dizi adının kendisi dizinin temel adresini belirtir. Bu, bir dizinin adresini bir işaretçiye atamak için ve işareti (&) kullanmamanız gerektiği anlamına gelir.

arr dizilerin adresini temsil ettiğinden yukarıdakiler doğrudur. İşte başka bir örnek:

Yukarıdakiler yanlıştır.

Bir diziyi dolaylı olarak bir işaretçiye dönüştürebiliriz. Örneğin:

Aşağıda geçerli bir işlem verilmiştir:

Yukarıdaki bildirimden sonra ip ve arr eşdeğer olacak ve özellikleri paylaşacaklar. Ancak ip'e farklı bir adres atanabilir ama arr'a hiçbir şey atayamayız.

Bu örnek, işaretçiler kullanılarak bir dizide nasıl gezinileceğini gösterir:

Pointers and Arrays

  • Bir tamsayı işaretçi değişkeni ip bildirin.
  • arr adında bir dizi bildirin ve içine 6 tamsayı depolayın.
  • arr'ı IP'ye atayın. IP ve arr eşdeğer hale gelecektir.
  • Bir for döngüsü oluşturun. Döngü değişkeni x, dizi öğelerini 0'dan 5'e kadar yinelemek için oluşturuldu.
  • İşaretçi IP'sinin adresinde saklanan değerleri yazdırın. Yineleme başına bir değer döndürülecek ve toplam 6 tekrar yapılacaktır. Endl, bitiş çizgisi anlamına gelen bir C++ anahtar sözcüğüdür. Bu eylem, her değer yazdırıldıktan sonra imleci bir sonraki satıra taşımanıza olanak tanır. Her değer ayrı bir satırda yazdırılacaktır.
  • Her yinelemeden sonra işaretçiyi bir sonraki int konumuna taşımak için.
  • For döngüsünün sonu.
  • Program başarılı bir şekilde yürütüldüğünde bir şey döndürmelidir.
  • main() işlev gövdesinin sonu.

Boş işaretçisi

Atanacak tam bir adres yoksa işaretçi değişkenine bir NULL atanabilir. Bu beyan sırasında yapılmalıdır. Böyle bir işaretçi, boş işaretçi olarak bilinir. Değeri sıfırdır ve iostream gibi birçok standart kütüphanede tanımlanmıştır.

NULL Pointer

  • Bir işaretçi değişkeni ip bildirin ve ona NULL değeri atayın.
  • Konsoldaki bazı metinlerin yanında ip işaretçi değişkeninin değerini yazdırın.
  • Program başarılı bir şekilde tamamlandıktan sonra değeri döndürmelidir.

Değişkenlerin İşaretçileri

C++ ile verileri doğrudan bilgisayarın belleğinden işleyebilirsiniz.

Bellek alanı isteğe göre atanabilir veya yeniden atanabilir. Bu, İşaretçi değişkenleri sayesinde mümkün olur.

İşaretçi değişkenleri, bilgisayarın belleğinde başka bir değişken tarafından işaret edilen belirli bir adresi işaret eder.

Aşağıdaki gibi beyan edilebilir:

Örneğinizde p işaretçi değişkenini tanımladık.

Bir hafıza adresi tutacaktır.

Yıldız işareti, işaretçi anlamına gelen referans kaldırma operatörüdür.

p işaretçisi bellek adresindeki bir tamsayı değerini işaret etmektedir.

Pointers of Variables

  • Bir işaretçi değişkeni p ve değeri 30 olan bir x değişkeni bildirin.
  • X değişkeninin adresini p'ye atayın.
  • Konsoldaki bir metnin yanında p işaretçi değişkeninin değerini yazdırın.

İşaretçilerin Uygulanması

C++'daki işlevler yalnızca bir değer döndürebilir. Ayrıca, bir fonksiyonda bildirilen tüm değişkenler, fonksiyon çağrı yığınına tahsis edilir. Fonksiyon geri döndüğü anda tüm yığın değişkenleri yok edilir.

İşleve yönelik argümanlar değere göre iletilir ve değişkenler üzerinde yapılan herhangi bir değişiklik, iletilen gerçek değişkenlerin değerini değiştirmez. takipwing örnek bu kavramı açıklamaya yardımcı olur: -

Application of Pointers

  • İki tam sayı parametresi alacak test adlı bir fonksiyonun prototipini oluşturun.
  • main() fonksiyonunu çağırın. Program mantığını kendi bünyesine ekleyeceğiz.
  • Her biri 5 değerine sahip iki a ve b tamsayı değişkenini tanımlayın.
  • Konsola bir miktar metin yazdırın. Endl (bitiş satırı), sonraki satırda yazdırmaya başlamak için imleci hareket ettirecektir.
  • a değişkeninin değerini diğer metinle birlikte konsola yazdırın. Endl (bitiş satırı), sonraki satırda yazdırmaya başlamak için imleci hareket ettirecektir.
  • b değişkeninin değerini diğer metinle birlikte konsola yazdırın. Endl (bitiş satırı), sonraki satırda yazdırmaya başlamak için imleci hareket ettirecektir.
  • A ve b değişkenlerinin adreslerini parametre olarak alan test() adında bir işlev oluşturun.
  • Konsola bir miktar metin yazdırın. \n, metin yazdırılmadan önce yeni bir boş satır oluşturacaktır. Endl (bitiş satırı), metin yazdırıldıktan sonra bir sonraki satırda yazdırmaya başlamak için imleci hareket ettirir.
  • Fonksiyon testinin tanımlanması(). Fonksiyon iki tamsayı işaretçi değişkeni *n1 ve *n2 almalıdır.
  • *n1 işaretçi değişkenine 10 değeri atanıyor.
  • *n2 işaretçi değişkenine 11 değeri atanıyor.
  • Fonksiyon testinin () gövdesinin sonu.

Her ne kadar fonksiyon testi içerisinde a ve b değişkenlerine yeni değerler atansa da, fonksiyon çağrısı tamamlandığında aynı değer dış fonksiyon main'e yansımamaktadır.

İşaretçileri işlev argümanları olarak kullanmak, değişkenin gerçek adresinin işleve aktarılmasına yardımcı olur ve değişken üzerinde gerçekleştirilen tüm değişiklikler dış işleve yansıtılır.

Yukarıdaki durumda, 'test' fonksiyonu 'a' ve 'b' değişkenlerinin adresine sahiptir. Bu iki değişkene 'test' fonksiyonundan doğrudan erişilebilir ve dolayısıyla bu değişkenlerde yapılan herhangi bir değişiklik 'main' çağıran fonksiyonuna yansıtılır.

İşaretçileri kullanmanın avantajları

Burada İşaretçileri kullanmanın artıları/yararları verilmiştir

  • İşaretçiler diğerlerinin adresini saklayan değişkenlerdir. C++'daki değişkenler .
  • Birden fazla değişken işaretçiler kullanılarak işlev tarafından değiştirilebilir ve döndürülebilir.
  • Bellek, işaretçiler kullanılarak dinamik olarak tahsis edilebilir ve tahsisi kaldırılabilir.
  • İşaretçiler iletişimi basitleştirmeye yardımcı olurplexprogramın niteliği.
  • Bir programın yürütme hızı işaretçilerin kullanılmasıyla artar.
  • Bir işaretçi, başka bir değişkenin değişken tutan adresini ifade eder.
  • Her işaretçinin geçerli bir veri türü vardır.
  • İşaretçi, bir bellek adresinin sembolik bir temsilidir.
  • İşaretçiler, programların referansa göre çağrı benzetimini yapmasına ve dinamik veri yapıları oluşturup değiştirmesine olanak tanır.
  • Diziler ve işaretçiler ilgili bir kavramı kullanır.
  • Dizi adı dizinin tabanını belirtir.
  • Bir dizinin adresini bir işaretçiye atamak istiyorsanız ve işareti (&) kullanmayın.
  • Bir işaretçi değişkenine atanacak belirli bir adres yoksa, ona bir NULL atayın.
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