C pointer

[Unregistered]

what is the use of \x in C ?

and can pointer show the memory address of char in C ?

such as

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
char *c;
*c = 'a';
printf("%c",c);
}

it has a error , Access violate .

anyone know what is it ( Access violate ) ?

does any ways can show the char memory address or can use a pointer in char ? thank you

[C_Coder]

you have to point your pointer at something before you use it

char ch, *c; 
     c = &ch;
     *c = 'a'; 

     printf("%c", c);

Try using %x, it puts out hexidecimal, if you use with a pointer it might print the address, not sure though, can someone clarify that?

char ch, *c;
     c = &ch;

     printf("%x %x", ch, c);

[QuestionC]

what is the use of \x in C ?

\x is an escape sequence used to represend character constants as hex values. For example, the hex value of '0' is 30 (I think), so
'\x30'
is the same as
'0'

#include <stdio.h> 
void main() // <- Please use int main.
{ 
 char *c;
 *c = 'a'; // Crashes here
 printf("%c",c);
}

c is defined as a memory address. You have not given any information on what memory address is represented by c, so it is not unlikely that c points to an invalid memory address. Technically, it is possible that c is pointing at the area of memory in which your program is loaded!

The command to allocate some memory is malloc, and it would be used like this...

#include <stdio.h> 
int main() 
{ 
 char *c;
 c = malloc (sizeof(char)); // Now c points to a valid memory location.
 *c = 'a'; 
 printf("%c",*c); 
}

So now *c = 'a' will not give you problems. However, if you want your printf starement to make sense, you need to tell it to print the memory that is being pointed to by c... that is, printf ("%c", *c); not to print the memory address itself.

There are other neat things one can do with pointers...

#include <stdio.h> 
int main() 
{ 
 char *c;
 char d;
 d = 'b'
 c = &d; // &d is the memory address of d.
 *c = 'a';
 printf("%c",d); // Viola, we have changed the value in d without
 //  actually using d.
}

[QuestionC]

Oh, if you want to print a pointer, use...[code]printf ("%p", c);