Thread: Explain me what is happening

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    Please explain me what is happening
    Code:
    main()
    {
      int a[][3] = { 1,2,3 ,4,5,6};
      int (*ptr)[3] =a;             //Is address of 'a' being assigned to (*ptr)[0] or (*ptr)[3]?
    
      printf("%d %d "  ,(*ptr)[1], (*ptr)[2] );
    
      ++ptr;
      printf("%d %d"  ,(*ptr)[1], (*ptr)[2] );
    }

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    Its creating a pointer to the 2 dimensional array a, then printing out some of the content. Basically showing a different way to refer to arrays.


    EG: a[0][1] == (*ptr)[1] before the pointer gets incremented.

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    int (*ptr)[3]
    Is just the pointer syntax to a 2D array with 3 columns, so you're just creating a pointer to the array.
    On a side note, main returns int and typically returns 0 at the end.
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