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<p>Pointer is a type of an object that refers to a function or an object of another type, possibly adding qualifiers. Pointer may also refer to nothing, which is indicated by the special null pointer value.
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=c/language/pointer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Syntax">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Syntax">Syntax</span></h3>
<p>In the <a href="declarations.html" title="c/language/declarations">declaration grammar</a> of a pointer declaration, the <i>type-specifier</i> sequence designates the pointed-to type (which may be function or object type and may be incomplete), and the <i>declarator</i> has the form:
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<p>where <span class="t-spar">declarator</span> may be the identifier that names the pointer being declared, including another pointer declarator (which would indicate a pointer to a pointer):
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw4">float</span> <span class="sy2">*</span>p, <span class="sy2">**</span>pp<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// p is a pointer to float</span>
<span class="co1">// pp is a pointer to a pointer to float</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> <span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span>fp<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">int</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// fp is a pointer to function with type int(int)</span></pre></div></div>
<p>The <span class="t-spar">qualifiers</span> that appear between <code><b>*</b></code> and the identifier (or other nested declarator) qualify the type of the pointer that is being declared:
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw4">int</span> n<span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">const</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> <span class="sy2">*</span> pc <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="sy3">&</span>n<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// pc is a non-const pointer to a const int</span>
<span class="co1">// *pc = 2; // Error: n cannot be changed through p without a cast</span>
pc <span class="sy1">=</span> <a href="../types/NULL.html"><span class="kw103">NULL</span></a><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// OK: pc itself can be changed</span>
 
<span class="kw4">int</span> <span class="sy2">*</span> <span class="kw4">const</span> cp <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="sy3">&</span>n<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// cp is a const pointer to a non-const int</span>
<span class="sy2">*</span>cp <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="nu0">2</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// OK to change n through cp</span>
<span class="co1">// cp = NULL; // Error: cp itself cannot be changed</span>
 
<span class="kw4">int</span> <span class="sy2">*</span> <span class="kw4">const</span> <span class="sy2">*</span> pcp <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="sy3">&</span>cp<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// non-const pointer to const pointer to non-const int</span></pre></div></div>
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<p>Pointers are used for indirection, which is a ubiquitous programming technique; they can be used to implement pass-by-reference semantics, to access objects with dynamic <a href="storage_duration.html" title="c/language/storage duration">storage duration</a>, to implement "optional" types (using the null pointer value), aggregation relationship between structs, callbacks (using pointers to functions), generic interfaces (using pointers to void), and much more.
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<p>A pointer to object can be initialized with the result of the <a href="operator_member_access.html" title="c/language/operator member access">address-of operator</a> applied to an expression of object type (which may be incomplete):
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw4">int</span> n<span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> <span class="sy2">*</span>np <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="sy3">&</span>n<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// pointer to int</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> <span class="sy2">*</span><span class="kw4">const</span> <span class="sy2">*</span>npp <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="sy3">&</span>np<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// non-const pointer to const pointer to non-const int</span>
 
<span class="kw4">int</span> a<span class="br0">[</span><span class="nu0">2</span><span class="br0">]</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> <span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span>ap<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">[</span><span class="nu0">2</span><span class="br0">]</span> <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="sy3">&</span>a<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// pointer to array of int</span>
 
<span class="kw1">struct</span> S <span class="br0">{</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> n<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="br0">}</span> s <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="br0">{</span><span class="nu0">1</span><span class="br0">}</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span><span class="sy2">*</span> sp <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="sy3">&</span>s.<span class="me1">n</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// pointer to the int that is a member of s</span></pre></div></div>
<p>Pointers may appear as operands to the <a href="operator_member_access.html#Dereference" title="c/language/operator member access">indirection operator</a> (unary <code><b>*</b></code>), which returns <a href="value_category.html" title="c/language/value category">the lvalue</a> identifying the pointed-to object:
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw4">int</span> n<span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span><span class="sy2">*</span> p <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="sy3">&</span>n<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// pointer p is pointing to n</span>
<span class="sy2">*</span>p <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="nu0">7</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// stores 7 in n</span>
<a href="../io/fprintf.html"><span class="kw851">printf</span></a><span class="br0">(</span><span class="st0">"%d<span class="es1">\n</span>"</span>, <span class="sy2">*</span>p<span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// lvalue-to-rvalue conversion reads the value from n</span></pre></div></div>
<p>Pointers to objects of <a href="struct.html" title="c/language/struct">struct</a> and <a href="union.html" title="c/language/union">union</a> type may also appear as the left-hand operands of the <a href="operator_member_access.html" title="c/language/operator member access">member access through pointer</a> operator <code><b>-></b></code>.
</p><p>Because of the <a href="array.html" title="c/language/array">array-to-pointer</a> implicit conversion, pointer to the first element of an array can be initialized with an expression of array type:
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw4">int</span> a<span class="br0">[</span><span class="nu0">2</span><span class="br0">]</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> <span class="sy2">*</span>p <span class="sy1">=</span> a<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// pointer to a[0]</span>
 
<span class="kw4">int</span> b<span class="br0">[</span><span class="nu0">3</span><span class="br0">]</span><span class="br0">[</span><span class="nu0">3</span><span class="br0">]</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> <span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span>row<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">[</span><span class="nu0">3</span><span class="br0">]</span> <span class="sy1">=</span> b<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// pointer to b[0]</span></pre></div></div>
<p>Certain <a href="operator_arithmetic.html" title="c/language/operator arithmetic">addition, subtraction</a>, <a href="operator_assignment.html" title="c/language/operator assignment">compound assignment</a>, <a href="operator_incdec.html" title="c/language/operator incdec">increment, and decrement</a> operators are defined for pointers to elements of arrays.
</p><p><a href="operator_comparison.html" title="c/language/operator comparison">Comparison operators</a> are defined for pointers to objects in some situations: two pointers that represent the same address compare equal, two null pointer values compare equal, pointers to elements of the same array compare the same as the array indexes of those elements, and pointers to struct members compare in order of declaration of those members.
</p><p>Many implementations also provide <a href="http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Total_order#Strict_total_order" class="extiw" title="enwiki:Total order">strict total ordering</a> of pointers of random origin, e.g. if they are implemented as addresses within continuous ("flat") virtual address space.
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<p>A pointer to function can be initialized with an address of a function. Because of the <a href="conversion.html" title="c/language/conversion">function-to-pointer</a> conversion, the address-of operator is optional:
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw4">void</span> f<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">int</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">void</span> <span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span>pf1<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">int</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="sy3">&</span>f<span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">void</span> <span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span>pf2<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">int</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="sy1">=</span> f<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// same as &f</span></pre></div></div>
<p>Unlike functions, pointers to functions are objects and thus can be stored in arrays, copied, assigned, passed to other functions as arguments, etc.
</p><p>A pointer to function can be used on the left-hand side of the <a href="operator_other.html#Function_call" title="c/language/operator other">function call operator</a>; this invokes the pointed-to function:
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="co2">#include <stdio.h></span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> f<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">int</span> n<span class="br0">)</span>
<span class="br0">{</span>
<a href="../io/fprintf.html"><span class="kw851">printf</span></a><span class="br0">(</span><span class="st0">"%d<span class="es1">\n</span>"</span>, n<span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">return</span> n<span class="sy2">*</span>n<span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="br0">}</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> main<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">void</span><span class="br0">)</span>
<span class="br0">{</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> <span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span>p<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">int</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="sy1">=</span> f<span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> x <span class="sy1">=</span> p<span class="br0">(</span><span class="nu0">7</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="br0">}</span></pre></div></div>
<p>Dereferencing a function pointer yields the function designator for the pointed-to function:
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw4">int</span> f<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> <span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span>p<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="sy1">=</span> f<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// pointer p is pointing to f</span>
<span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span>p<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// function f invoked through the function designator</span>
p<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// function f invoked directly through the pointer</span></pre></div></div>
<p><a href="operator_comparison.html" title="c/language/operator comparison">Equality comparison operators</a> are defined for pointers to functions (they compare equal if pointing to the same function).
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<p>Pointer to object of any type can be <a href="conversion.html" title="c/language/conversion">implicitly converted</a> to pointer to <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi c source-c"><span class="kw4">void</span></span></span> (optionally <a href="const.html" title="c/language/const">const</a> or <a href="volatile.html" title="c/language/volatile">volatile</a>-qualified), and vice versa:
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw4">int</span> n<span class="sy1">=</span><span class="nu0">1</span>, <span class="sy2">*</span>p<span class="sy1">=</span><span class="sy3">&</span>n<span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">void</span><span class="sy2">*</span> pv <span class="sy1">=</span> p<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// int* to void*</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span><span class="sy2">*</span> p2 <span class="sy1">=</span> pv<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// void* to int*</span>
<a href="../io/fprintf.html"><span class="kw851">printf</span></a><span class="br0">(</span><span class="st0">"%d<span class="es1">\n</span>"</span>, <span class="sy2">*</span>p2<span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// prints 1</span></pre></div></div>
<p>Pointers to void are used to pass objects of unknown type, which is common in generic interfaces: <span class="t-lc"><a href="../memory/malloc.html" title="c/memory/malloc">malloc</a></span> returns <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi c source-c"><span class="kw4">void</span><span class="sy2">*</span></span></span>, <span class="t-lc"><a href="../algorithm/qsort.html" title="c/algorithm/qsort">qsort</a></span> expects a user-provided callback that accepts two <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi c source-c"><span class="kw4">const</span> <span class="kw4">void</span><span class="sy2">*</span></span></span> arguments. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/pthread_create.html">pthread_create</a> expects a user-provided callback that accepts and returns <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi c source-c"><span class="kw4">void</span><span class="sy2">*</span></span></span>. In all cases, it is the caller's responsibility to convert the pointer to the correct type before use.
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<p>Pointers of every type have a special value known as <i>null pointer value</i> of that type. A pointer whose value is null does not point to an object or a function (dereferencing a null pointer is undefined behavior), and compares equal to all pointers of the same type whose value is also <i>null</i>.
</p><p>To initialize a pointer to null or to assign the null value to an existing pointer, a null pointer constant (<span class="t-lc"><a href="../types/NULL.html" title="c/types/NULL">NULL</a></span>, or any other integer constant with the value zero) may be used. <a href="initialization.html" title="c/language/initialization">static initialization</a> also initializes pointers to their null values.
</p><p>Null pointers can indicate the absence of an object or can be used to indicate other types of error conditions. In general, a function that receives a pointer argument almost always needs to check if the value is null and handle that case differently (for example, <span class="t-lc"><a href="../memory/free.html" title="c/memory/free">free</a></span> does nothing when a null pointer is passed).
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<p>Although any pointer to object <a href="cast.html" title="c/language/cast">can be cast</a> to pointer to object of a different type, dereferencing a pointer to the type different from the declared type of the object is almost always undefined behavior. See <a href="object.html#Strict_aliasing" title="c/language/object">strict aliasing</a> for details.
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