Thread: Simple Pointer Problem

Hi

i am trying to get a pointer to output text if it is possible but i dont understand where i am going wrong

this is the code i have come up with so far

Code:

  
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
 
int main()
{
  char name[10];
  char *ptr;

  ptr = &name[40];
  cin>>name;
  cin.ignore();
  cout<< *ptr <<"\n";
  cin.get();

}

when i do run the program i get some weird symbol. is this because it is just pointing to the memory address location?

Thanks

well i have modified it a bit and i can get one letter from the charactures i have entered but it does not display the rest of them is

here is the update.

Code:

  char name[10];
  char *ptr;

  ptr = name[10];
  cin>>name;
  cin.ignore();
  cout<< *ptr <<"\n";
  cin.get();

also another question is that i have 3 pointers in a program it there any way of changing this

Code:

struct example {
int x;
int y;
int z;
};

int main()
{
example structure;
example number;
example final;
example *ptr;
example *ptr2;
example *ptr3;

structure.x = 1;
number.y = 123;
final.z = 1772748757;
ptr = &structure;
ptr2 = &number;
ptr3 = &final;

cout<< ptr->x <<"\n\n";
cout<< ptr2->y <<"\n\n";
cout<< ptr3->z;
cin.get();

is there away to make ptr 1, 2, 3 one pointer or do they have to be all seperate?

Thanks