Arrays, Pointers and References

Abstract

Aims

• • To familiarise the reader with the declaration and processing of arrays with simple base types (int, char, etc.).

• • To introduce the use of pointers to the simple types and to make the reader aware of the close connection between pointers and array names.

• • To introduce string-handling and the standard library functions most commonly used for this.

• • To demonstrate the way in which reference types may be used (in preference to pointers) to achieve argumentpassing by reference.