Thread: how to de-reference from a pointer of values

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    how to de-reference from a pointer of values

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    const char *configCmd[] = {r_Spread1, r_PowerSet5, r_bandSet, r_USAFCC, r_radioRst, r_getBandPlan, r_serialNumber, r_getPwr, r_spreadFactor};//, r_serialNumber};
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    const char *pTx;
    question 1: each of the items in configCmd is a "String"....I want to cycle through the items, stopping at each one and then cycling through the "String"...how do I do this using pointers to de-reference?

    I find if I do pTx= configCmd[0] points to the 1st item then *(pTx + x) cycles through the string itself. What I am not sure of is how to have the pTx reference move to the next item without directly doing a reassignment ie pTx = configCmd[1]???

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    An array is converted to a pointer to its first element, so if you have an array of pointers, you need a pointer to a pointer to iterate over its elements. For example:
    Code:
    for (const char **p = configCmd; p != configCmd + sizeof(configCmd) / sizeof(configCmd[0]); ++p)
    {
        printf("%s consists of these characters: ", *p);
        for (const char *q = *p; *q != '\0'; ++q)
        {
            printf("%c ", *q);
        }
        putchar('\n');
    }
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