C Programming Tutorial - 43 - Dereference Pointer

[aprender]

Guys give him a break.
If you look at the clock at the bottom right, you'll realize poor guy has been making these videos at a stretch.
So Bucky's prolly tired lol

[ovalwingnut]

The video was so convincing that I started to think that "was" an ampersand :O) Like another commenter says... "it keeps us on our toes". ALL GOOD STUFF no matter. Getting the "concept" is the toughest part. Your videos ReAlLy are HeLping. Thank you!

[JKTCGMV]

I'm learning C after already knowing java, so the concept isn't new only the syntax is. I think you just saved me on my midterm that I have in an hour.

[jakobfredriksson]

Can't thank you enough. For me pointers isn't difficult, yet it is somewhat difficult lol. Never felt this paradoxal feeling before but this series about pointers really made me understand this concept. Thank you thenewboston and I'm happy your channel has grown a lot since this was published. Subscribed. Merry Christmas!

[seemapradhan]

It's asterisk, not ampersand.
Please correct it

[daltonb]

current CS major at my college missed a few weeks and i find these tutorials simple well explained and overall amazing! good job!

[wasekaug]

Pointers are basically another way to manipulate data within your code from different spots. For instance, if you have an integer variable declared as "14" in your int main() { code; } and pass it to a function that changes the variable, your output will always be "14". However, using pointers and indirect referencing, variables have access to the actual memory address of the stored values. This way, functions outside of your main code can manipulate the same variables that are sent to it.
Edit: I'm late to the party but I noticed everyone is complaining about ampersand/asterisk. I'm seriously just thankful for the free knowledge.

[yomamasofat]

4:00 "why they named it dereference, i dont know they just want to be confusing" LOL

[humbiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

you should make an annotation that pops up saying "asterisk" every time you say ampersand by mistake in this video...think it'll help a lot

[BradenBest]

The ampersand is the & character, which does _exactly_ the opposite of the asterisk (*).

[umertariq]

it's asterisk not confused me so much...I was like whaaat???? but anyway you just describe everything very good. thank you

[borisdorofeev]

Actually the term dereference makes a lot of sense in this terminology. If the reference of the pointer is the memory address associated with the value, then "de" referencing it should give you the value associated with the memory address. Thanks again Bucky, you are the best for making these tutorials. Oh and also you use %d instead of %p so literally the %dreference.

[JD-hqkn]

Your tutorials are awesome... Short and informative in the simplest possible way.. Thanks man... Just a request, please make the font size bigger next time you make any tutorial series on programming.. :)

[tobiasfeil]

wow, same here. I didn't get this simple principle when it was explained in the book but now it makes so much sense! thanks!

[KabooM]

I fucking hate pointers. Yeah I understood them eventually but my worst memories when starting out with C a few years ago was learning about the term "pointers".

[Ariana-eytg]

i have a final in 5 hours thank u so much for your videos

[lathadeena]

I finally somewhat understood the pointer thing and I looked at the ceiling

[RudyValenciaDotCom]

...uh, don't you mean "asterisk"?

[johnreevetaliquig]

thank you so much, it helps me a lot in understanding the concept which is the key for programming..

[anshulart]

when you say ampersand you mean asterisk right?