OBECT ORIENTED

PROGRAMMING
Lecture 03 Pointers
Dr. Faisal Shafait
Consultation Hours: Tue 4pm 5pm (DFKI lab)
faisal.shafait@seecs.edu.pk

Learn C++ by Examples

Examples demonstrate

How to display messages

How to obtain information from the user
How to perform arithmetic calculations

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printf

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std::cout

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Pointers
int nasir, younis, afridi, haris;
int *mazhar;
afridi = 28;
nasir = 0;
younis = nasir;
mazhar = &nasir;
haris = *mazhar;

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28

afridi

nasir

haris

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1500

younis

mazhar
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Learn by Examples
int a = 5, b = 10;
int *p1, *p2;
p1 = &a;
p2 = &b;
*p1 = 10;
p1 = p2;
*p1 = 20;
printf("a = %d\n", a);
printf("b = %d\n", b);
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Learn by Examples
int main()
{
int n = 310;
funcOne(n);
cout << n = << n << endl;
return 0;
}
void funcOne(int n) {
n = 240;
}
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Learn by Examples
int main()
{
int n = 310;
funcOne(n);
funcTwo(&n);
cout << n =
<< n << endl;
return 0;
}

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void funcOne(int n)
{
n = 240;
}
void funcTwo(int *n)
{
n = 120;
}

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Learn by Examples
Memory Implication?
Assign 15 x 1 bytes
consecutively in the memory

void printHelloWorld() {
char helloWorld[] = Hello, werld!\n;
helloWorld[8] = o;
std::cout << helloWorld;
}
hello.h

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Learn by Examples
void printHelloWorld() {
char helloWorld[] = Hello, werld!\n;
helloWorld[8] = o;
std::cout << helloWorld;
}
hello.h
#include <iostream>
int main (int argc,
char** argv) {
printHelloWorld();
return 0;
}
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#include hello.h

program.cpp
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Learn by Examples
void printHelloWorld() {
char helloWorld[] = Hello, vorld!\n;
*(helloWorld + ?) = w;
std::cout << helloWorld;
}
hello.h

How to change the string to Hello, my world! ?

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Memory Allocation
#include <string.h>
#include <malloc.h>
void printHelloWorld() {
char* helloWorld = (char)* malloc(20);
strncpy(helloWorld, Hello, world!\n, 20);
std::cout << helloWorld;
free(helloWorld);
}

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Allocating int arrays

#include <string.h>
#include <malloc.h>
20*sizeof(int)
void printHelloWorld() {
int* helloWorld = (int)* malloc(20);
std::cout << helloWorld[10];
free(helloWorld);
}

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