Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!hybrid!scifi!bywater!uunet!bria!mike
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Array question
Message-ID: <428@bria>
Date: 10 Feb 91 20:53:53 GMT
References: <EbhAAgG00WBNM2PIt_@andrew.cmu.edu>
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In an article, andrew.cmu.edu!rg2c+ (Robert Nelson Gasch) writes:
>What happens if I do the following? Basically I don't really understand
>*why* this works:
>
>    int *this_ptr;
>    this_ptr [0] = 1;
>    this_ptr [1] = 2;
>    . . . 
>    this_ptr [9] = 10;

You are writing to some random memory location, and the reaction varies
dependant on the operating system and/or hardware.

One thing to point out is that pointers and arrays are _not_ interchangable
entities _except_ when you are passing them to functions.  The moral is this:
when you mean to use a pointer, use a pointer; when you mean to use an array,
use an array.

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Michael Stefanik                       | Opinions stated are not even my own.
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