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    SEHH2042 Computer Programming

    Tutorial 10 – Pointers
    Q1. Declare an integer variables x = 1 and an array y[5] = {10, 20, 30, 40, 50}, and two integer pointers xPtr and
    yPtr that point to x and y respectively. Write your code to determine the following:
    (a) What are the address of x and y?
    (b) What are the values stored in xPtr and yPtr?
    (c) What is the meaning of *xPtr and *yPtr?
    (d) What is the difference between (*yPtr + 2) and *(yPtr + 2)?
    (e) What is the following code segment doing?
    xPtr = yPtr + 2;
    (*xPtr)++;
    (*yPtr)++;

    Q2. Write a function swapInteger() which has two integer pointers a and b as parameters. The function
    interchanges the integers that are pointed to by a and b. The function prototype of swapInteger() is as follow:
    void swapInteger(int *, int *);
    Use the main function below to demonstrate the use of swapInteger().

    int main(){
    int x = 2, y = 5;

    cout << "Before swapping:" << endl;


    cout << "x is: " << x << endl;
    cout << "y is: " << y << endl;

    // call swapInteger here...

    cout << "After swapping:" << endl;


    cout << "x is: " << x << endl;
    cout << "y is: " << y << endl;

    return 0;
    }

    Sample result:
    Before swapping:
    x is: 2 Think first:
    y is: 5 In the function, swap the pointers? Or swap
    After swapping: the values pointed to by the pointers?
    x is: 5
    y is: 2

    SEHH2042 Computer Programming – Tutorial 10 1


    Q3. Write a function multiplyArray(int * const a, int size, int n), which multiplies each elements in the array a by
    n. Use pointer arithmetic ONLY (instead of array subscript) to access the array elements in the function.
    Insert your codes into the program below to show the use of multiplyArray().

    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;

    void printArray(const int [], int);


    void multiplyArray(int * const, int, int);

    int main(){
    const int arraySize = 10;

    int c[arraySize] = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20};

    cout << "Before multiplyArray, array is: ";


    printArray(c, arraySize);

    // Function call on multiplyArray


    // Insert your codes here

    cout << "After multiplyArray, array is: ";


    printArray(c, arraySize);

    return 0;
    }

    void printArray(const int a[], int size){


    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++){
    cout << a[i] << " ";
    }
    cout << endl;
    }

    // Function definition of multiplyArray


    // Insert your codes here

    Below is the sample result if elements in array c are multiplied by 3.


    Sample result:
    Before multiplyArray, array is: 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
    After multiplyArray, array is: 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60

    SEHH2042 Computer Programming – Tutorial 10 2


    Q4. In the following program, fill in your code to allow user input of a sentence and assign it to the character
    pointer buffer. You may assume that the input sentence does not exceed 10 words and 100 characters. After
    the input, write your code to break the sentence into multiple words and use the array of character pointers
    in word to point to the words one by one. Note that each word should be null-terminated. You should use
    pointer arithmetic ONLY in this question.

    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;

    int main() {
    char *buffer = new char [100]; // reserve 100 characters
    char *word[10] = {}; // initialize all pointers to 0 (NULL)

    // Your code should be inserted here

    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)


    if (word[i] != 0) // check if it is a NULL pointer
    cout << i << ": " << word[i] << endl;

    return 0;
    }

    Sample result:
    Enter a sentence with at most 10 words and 100 characters:
    C++ programming with pointer is very interesting
    0: C++
    1: programming
    2: with
    3: pointer
    4: is
    5: very
    6: interesting

    SEHH2042 Computer Programming – Tutorial 10 3

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