What Is a Pointer in C, and How Is It Different from a Normal Variable?

Introduction

Pointers are a fundamental concept in C programming that allows developers to work with memory addresses directly…

What Is a Pointer?

A pointer is a variable that stores the memory address of another variable…

How Do Pointers Differ from Normal Variables?

While a normal variable stores data, a pointer stores the address of a variable…

Basic Syntax of Pointers

The syntax to declare a pointer is:

int *ptr; // Pointer to an integer variable

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