Pointers & Memory Inspection

Explain memory addresses and the purpose of pointers in C.

Declare, assign, and dereference pointer variables.

Use pointers to implement pass-by-reference in C functions, enabling modification of caller variables.

Return multiple values from a function using pointer parameters.

Use a debugger (GDB) to inspect memory addresses and pointer values during program execution.

Identify and avoid common pointer pitfalls such as dangling, null, and uninitialized pointers.