icp/oer/courses/c-basics/sections/10-pointer/05-pointer-array-equivalence/program.c

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#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
int array[] = {1,2,3,4,5,42};
int array2[] = {4,3,2,1};
int *pointer = array;
// The access of an array and a pointer are equivalent
printf("*array = %d, *pointer= %d, array[0] = %d pointer[0] = %d\n",
*array, *pointer, array[0], pointer[0]);
// you can't do this:
// array = array2;
// you can do this:
pointer = array2;
// There are some minor differences between pointers an arrays.
printf("sizeof(array) = %d, sizeof(pointer)= %d",
sizeof(array),sizeof(pointer));
}