5. Pointers

The pointer data type and indirect addressing are covered.

• 5.1. Pointers
  • 5.1.1. Declaring pointers
• 5.2. Using pointers
• 5.3. Comparison with references
  • 5.3.1. Function passing semantics
• 5.4. Pointers and arrays
  • 5.4.1. Array indexing pitfalls
  • 5.4.2. Arrays of type char
• 5.5. Pointers to pointers
• 5.6. Other pointer characteristics
  • 5.6.1. Constant pointers
  • 5.6.2. The nullptr type
  • 5.6.3. void pointers
• 5.7. Free store pointers
  • 5.7.1. STL memory management
• 5.8. Pointer debugging
  • 5.8.1. Valgrind
• 5.9. Pointers to functions
  • 5.9.1. Example: Caesar ciphers
• 5.10. Lambda expressions
  • 5.10.1. Assigning a lambda to a variable
  • 5.10.2. Trailing return types in lambda expressions
• 5.11. The std::function template