Skip to main content
grasp.study
About
Explore
Pricing
Log in
Try it for free
Back to course
👋
Welcome to a Grasp lesson
Create a free account
to keep studying and create your own study path.
C Pointers, Memory, and Low-Level Concepts
·
Module 2
Pointers, `const`, and Core Operations
1
Pointers: Value vs. Pointed-To Value
Explain the difference between a pointer's value (an address) and the value it points to.
2
Pointer Arithmetic and Type Sizes
Perform pointer arithmetic (increment, decrement, subtraction) on different pointer types and predict results based on type size.
3
Understanding Pointer Types: NULL, Dangling, and Wild
Differentiate between NULL pointers, dangling pointers, and wild pointers, and identify examples of each in code.
4
Modifying Variables with Pass-by-Pointer
Use pass-by-pointer to modify variables in a calling function.
5
Mastering `const` with Pointers
Apply `const` to pointers, distinguishing between a constant pointer, a pointer to a constant, and a constant pointer to a constant.
6
Pointers to Local Variables: Undefined Behavior
Predict the behavior of code that returns a pointer to a local (stack) variable and explain the resulting undefined behavior.
Previous module
C Memory Model and Data Lifetime
Next module
Arrays, Strings, and Pointer Decay