From 7f43ba70afea7f1ba2bc9acba7880fda5288a8c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aman Sharma <50900065+Perfecto06@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:59:59 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- pointersInC/README.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/pointersInC/README.md b/pointersInC/README.md index b872d66..d7a3a66 100644 --- a/pointersInC/README.md +++ b/pointersInC/README.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ * Variable that contains address in memory of another variable * We can have a pointer to any variable type * Unary or monadic operator & gives the `address of a variable` - * operator * gives the `contents of an object pointed to by a pointer` + * Dereferencing operator (*) gives the `contents of an object pointed to by a pointer` * To declare a pointer to a variable : ```c datatype * name_Of_Variable;   @@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ Here, * P stores the memory address of a. - * *P stores the value of a + * When P is called it uses the memory stored in it i.e., Address of a, and points towards it for the purpose of code. + * *P stores the value of a. + * Basically, *P refers as P dereferenced by the * (Dereferencing operator) i.e., pointing on a and uses the value/data stored at the address of a. ### Dereferencing a pointer variable ```c @@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ Allocation of memory space at run time. * For example, an int array of 10 elements can be allocated as: `int * array = (int *) calloc (10, sizeof (int));` #### Difference between malloc() and calloc() - * Calloc allocates multiple blocks of data whereas malloc allocates as a single block  + * Calloc allocates multiple blocks (which might exist at different memory addresses in the memory) of data whereas malloc allocates as a single block (whihc is a single continuous set of memory assigned to the pointer) * Calloc initializes all bytes in the allocation block to zero ### realloc()