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    book with a good pointer section

    Hi,

    I am currently at the stage with my learning of C that I understand the basic data control, branching and functions, but I am still a little hazy on pointers. I am after a book / resource with a good pointer section, which goes into some detail which will be useful in developing practical programs.

    I already have K&R2 and Dietel & Deitel.

    Thanks
    Dave

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    http://www.augustcouncil.com/~tgibson/tutorial/ptr.html

    This is a pretty good start. It gives a good explanation of how pointers work and includes the use of the * and & operators. It's not overly detailed, but it's a good starting point.

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    thanks for the link. As you said it looks like a good starting point.

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    It's a start. Good illustration figures, but it uses confusion concepts with casting in the beginning when the reader have absolutely no idea what it is.
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    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
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    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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