In Lesson 4 of Learn C With Me, we tackle one of the most infamous — and important — concepts in C programming: pointers.
Using Beej's Guide to C as our study material, we start from the very beginning: how variables are stored in memory, what memory addresses actually represent, and how a pointer allows us to refer to data indirectly.
Along the way, we experiment with the code ourselves and spend plenty of time trying to build an intuitive understanding of what pointers actually mean rather than simply memorizing the syntax.
We also see our first really practical reason for using pointers: overcoming C's pass-by-value behavior by passing a variable's address to a function, allowing that function to modify the original variable.
As usual, there are mistakes, questions, compiler warnings, a segmentation fault or two, and plenty of help from the live chat while we figure things out together.
This is an interactive, follow-along live course. I am learning C alongside you, so expect questions, mistakes, experiments and plenty of discussion. No passive watching here — participate in the chat and work through the examples with us.
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