why we use pointer in c
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Answer / aravind
To pass the actual arguments by address instead by calling
by reference in function.
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Answer / srinivas
the speed of execution will be increased because we
accessing address of the variable rather than variables
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Answer / srinivash
to store the address of a variable which s effective in
fuction calling by call by reference r call by address method
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Answer / nipa
using pointer some facility is there
1.. we reduce length and complexity of a program
2.. increase speed of execution of program
3.. it can capable to handling data table
4.. to access variable which is defined outside the function
5 .. handle character string
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use of pointers makes the code more efficient and compact.
1.to acess array elements
2. to return more than one value to a function.
3. to acess dynamically allocated memory.
4. to implement data structures like linked lists,trees.
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