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| #include <stdio.h> | |
| int main(void) { | |
| // So apparently arrays in C are just pointers, which means | |
| // they basically points to the address of the first element | |
| // and when we index them using the `[]` syntax, we're just | |
| // performing an addition on that address and the syntax | |
| // itself doesn't seem to matter that much either. | |
| int arr[4] = { 2, 4, 6, 8 }; | |
| // This will print the first element (2) | |
| printf("*arr: %d\n", *arr); | |
| // This will print the second element (4) | |
| printf("1[arr]: %d\n", 1[arr]); | |
| // This will print the third element (6) | |
| printf("*(arr + 2): %d\n", *(arr + 2)); | |
| // Of course, you can also use that syntax to iterate over | |
| // arrays too | |
| for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) { | |
| printf("index: %d - value: %d\n", i, i[arr]); | |
| } | |
| return 0; | |
| } |
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