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    Tuesday, November 24, 2020

    VOID POINTER , NULL POINTER

    A void pointer is a special type of pointer. It can point to any data type, from an integer value or a float to a string of characters.

    Void pointer limitation is that the pointed data cannot be referenced directly (the asterisk * operator cannot be used on them) since its length is always undetermined.

    type casting or assignment must be used to turn the void pointer to a pointer of a concrete data type

     #include <stdio.h>

    int main()

    {

    int a=5,

    double b=3.1415;

    void *vp;

    vp=&a;

    printf(“\n a= %d”, *((int *)vp));

    vp=&b;

    printf(“\n a= %d”, *((double *)vp));

    return 0;

    }

    Output:

    a= 5

    b= 3.141500

     

    NULL POINTER

     A null pointer is a special pointer that points nowhere. That is, no other valid pointer to any other variable or array cell or anything else will ever be equal to a null pointer.

     To initialize a pointer to a null pointer, code such as the following can be used.

     #include <stdio.h>

    int *ip = NULL;

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