Question

Can an address be assigned to an array name or an array element? Can an address be assigned to a pointer variable whose object is an array?

Answer 1

Yes, we can assign an address to an array element.

below is an example.

int *p;   //this is an pointer variable of int type

int arr[10];    //this is an array of 10 elements

&arr[0] is holding the address of first element.

if we do like below

p = arr;

now p is pointing to the first element of the array. hence p is a pointer variable which is holding the address of the array.

in the following program output, you can clearly see that the address of the &arr[0] and pointer p is same.

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Program:

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#include<stdio.h>

int main()

{

int *p;

int arr[10];

printf("Address of arr[0] is %p\n", &arr[0]);

p = arr;

printf("Address of p is %p\n", p);

return 0;

}

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Sample Output:

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