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--- notes:data:fall2023:projects:ttb0 [2023/09/14 02:50] – [ACCESSING WITH POINTER ARITHMETIC] cfoster8
+++ notes:data:fall2023:projects:ttb0 [2023/09/14 02:58] (current) – [MALLOC’ED ARRAY] cfoster8
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 =====MALLOC’ED ARRAY=====
+The array exists as a linear allocation of memory, and any particular value in the array can be accessed by adding the value of that location to the pointer when calling it
-To access the specific parts of your array you need to use (*(ptr)).
+Example:
-The ptr is the pointer and it can be added to (*(ptr+n)).. If you want to use a part of the structure you will need to put the name of it at the end of (*(ptr)).(varible). You can use an int to add to ptr. The ptr starts with zero so use one more number than you want.
+    (*(b_arr + 0)).x = 20;
+would make the first x value of the array 20 and
+    (*(b_arr + 1)).x = 30;
+would make the second x value of the array 30, and so on
 ====ACCESSING WITH POINTER ARITHMETIC====
+Pointers to structs can be accessed the same way a class can, like so
+    [POINTER NAME].[VARIABLE NAME] = [VARIABLE VALUE]
+a more practical example would be
+    (*b_arr).x = 64
+or some such, it functions as classes would in C++, we just need to make them ourselves since this is just C
 =====MALLOC’ED ARRAY OF STRUCTS=====

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