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What is a void pointer?
A void pointer is a C convention for “a raw address.” The compiler has no idea what type of object a void
Pointer “really points to.” If you write
int *ip;
ip points to an int. If you write
void *p;
p doesn’t point to a void!
In C and C++, any time you need a void pointer, you can use another pointer type. For example, if you have
a char*, you can pass it to a function that expects a void*. You don’t even need to cast it. In C (but not
in C++), you can use a void* any time you need any kind of pointer, without casting. (In C++, you need to
cast it).
 
A void pointer is used for working with raw memory or for passing a pointer to an unspecified type.
Some C code operates on raw memory. When C was first invented, character pointers (char *) were used
for that. Then people started getting confused about when a character pointer was a string, when it was a
character array, and when it was raw memory.
 


  
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July 26, 2007 03:39:54   #1  
Ashwan        

RE: What is a void pointer? ...
Void Pointer or Generic Pointer is the one to which any datatype can be assigned.


eg.

main()
{
int *p;

void *vp;

vp p;
}

 
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