Language: C C++ D Haskell Lua OCaml PHP Perl Plain Text Python Ruby Scheme Tcl /** * This attempts to demonstrate the difference between arrays and pointers. Compile as: * g++ -ansi -pedantic -Wall int_array.cpp -o test * OR * g++ -DBREAK -ansi -pedantic -Wall int_array.cpp -o test */ #include <iostream> int main() { int first[] = { 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 } ; int second[] = { 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 } ; int * test_ptr = 0 ; std::cout << "The address of first is:\t" << first << '\n' ; std::cout << "The address of second is:\t" << second << '\n' ; std::cout << "The address of test_ptr is:\t" << test_ptr << '\n' ; test_ptr = first ; std::cout << "The address of test_ptr is:\t" << test_ptr << '\n' ; test_ptr = second ; std::cout << "The address of test_ptr is:\t" << test_ptr << '\n' ; #ifdef BREAK // This breaks because while test_ptr is a pointer, and can point to ANY address, second and first // are actual ARRAYS, that is they are variables and the address of a variable cannot change second = first ; #endif } /* main() */ Private [?] Run code