/*
 * pointers.c
 * 
 * examples of how pointers work,
 * made to help me remember them
 * 
 * By C. Spitzer
 */
 
 
 int *p; // this initializes a pointer
 
 int i = 1;
 int *p = &i; // this initializes a pointer and gives it the value of
              // the address of i (& means address of)
              
int i, *p;
p = &i;    // This does the same as above ^

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int i, j, *p, *q, *s;
i = 3;
p = &i;
q = p    // Now q points to the same memory location as p

*q = *s  // Read, set q to point to the same thing that s points to

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// What does the star preceding max (*max) mean in the following 
// declaration?
int *max(int *a, int *b)
// I know the int *a and int *b mean pointers named 'a' and 'b'
// Does *max mean that max returns a pointer to an int,
// rather than an int?