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Difference between arrays and pointers?

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?Pointers are used to manipulate data using the address. Pointers use * operator to access the data pointed to by them ?Arrays use subscripted variables to access and manipulate data.Array variables can be equivalently written using pointer expression. the main difference between the poointer and array 1.useing the pointer u can allocate the memory dynamically,as in array allocating the memory for a varible is static. Answered By: garika siva sankar    Date: 7/13/2007 Array name only a name of memory location,there is no address for array name,it is only the name of arry and holding the base address of array while pointer has its own address and also contain the address as a value Answered By: Amol Kumar Sharma    Date: 8/28/2007 Pointer is a variable which holds the address of a variable in memory. Array stores the homogenous data.the size of the array has been fixed during the declaration like int ak[5]; Answered By: AMIT KUMAR SINHA    Date: 8/29/2007 Pointers are dynamic memory allocation. there is no need to specify the size of the array, but array is static memory and the size of atleast the column has to be specified . Answered By: vijayalakshmi s    Date: 8/21/2008 © NewInterviewQuestions.com

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