pointer manipulation
Pointer manipulation refers to the practice of using memory addresses (pointers) to access and modify data directly, bypassing the usual variable handling in programming languages. It involves manipulating memory locations to directly interact with variables, structures, or arrays stored in a computer's memory.
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Related Concepts (21)
- array of pointers
- double pointers
- dynamic memory allocation with pointers
- function pointers
- memory allocation and deallocation using pointers
- memory corruption vulnerabilities
- memory leaks and dangling pointers
- null pointers
- pointer aliasing
- pointer arithmetic
- pointer casting
- pointer dereferencing
- pointer to a constant
- pointer to a function
- pointer to a pointer
- pointer to a structure
- pointer to a union
- pointers in data structures
- pointers in linked lists
- pointers in recursion
- pointers to a character array
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