Both languages (C and C++) support void pointers, but their behaviour is different. In C, a void pointer can be directly assigned to any other pointer type without the need for a typecast. However, in C++, assigning a void pointer to any other pointe type require an explicit typecast. In this article, we will learn the differences between void pointers in C and C++.. Void Pointer in C A void pointer (also called a generic pointer) in C is a special type of pointer that can point to any data type, but doesn’t have any type by itself. It ... Read More

The character constant is a constant that is enclosed in a single quote (' '). It represents the integer value (i.e., ASCII) of the character. In C programming language, the data type of character constant is an integer (represented by int) and it needs 4 bytes to store a character constant. For example: 'A', '1', '3', etc., are the character constants. In C++, the data type for character constants is char and it needs only 1 byte to store a character constant. Here are the size of different data types in bytes: ... Read More

In C, you cannot use a function call on the left side of an assignment if it returns a value because function calls return non-assignable values. For example, function_name() = value; However, if the function returns a pointer, you can dereference it to assign a value. For example, *function_name() = value; In C++, the same rule applies. You can use the returned reference/pointer on the left side to modify the original variable which is valid only if it returns a reference. function_name() = value; Note: References allow direct access to variables, and pointers allow indirect access via dereferencing. ... Read More

In this program we will see how to print heart shaped pattern in C. The heart shape pattern will be look like thisNow if we analyze this pattern, we can find different section in this pattern. The base of the heart is an inverted triangle; the upper portion has two different peaks. Between these two peaks there is a gap. To make this pattern we have to manage these parts into our code to print the pattern like this.Example Live Demo#include int main() {    int a, b, line = 12;    for (a = line/2; a

Character literals are those values, which are assigned to the variable of character data type. It is written as a single character enclosed in single quotes (' ') like 'A', 'b' or '2'. But if we see how these character literals are stored in memory, their type differs. In C the character literals are stored as type int, whereas the same character literal is stored as type char in C++. In this article, we will study about the differences between these two in detail. Type of character literal in C The type of character literals in C language is an integer ... Read More

Here we will see the precedence of postfix++ and prefix++ in C or C++. The precedence of prefix ++ or -- has higher priority than dereference operator ‘*’ and postfix ++ or -- has priority higher than both prefix ++ and dereference operator ‘*’.When ptr is a pointer, then *ptr++ indicates *(ptr++) and ++*prt refers ++(*ptr)Example Live Demo#include using namespace std; int main() {    char arr[] = "Hello World";    char *ptr = arr;    ++*ptr;    cout

In C/C++, Line splicing is a small feature that lets you split one long line of code into two lines by using a special symbol that is the backslash (\).Line splicing is a preprocessor feature, not a function or method. It does not have any parameters. But it simply affects how lines of code are interpreted by the preprocessor before compilation.How to Use Line Splicing? If a line of code is too long, and you want to break it into multiple lines to make it easier to read. You can use a backslash at the end ... Read More

Writing a Binary File To write a binary file in C/C++ use fwrite()/write() method. It is used to write a given number of bytes on the given stream, starting at the position of the "put" pointer. The file is extended if the put pointer is currently at the end of the file. If this pointer points into the middle of the file, characters in the file are overwritten with the new data. If any error has occurred during writing in the file, the stream is placed in an error state. Syntax of write() method Following is the basic syntax of ... Read More

fwrite() and fread() is used to write to a file in C.fwrite() syntaxfwrite(const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream)whereptr - A pointer to array of elements to be writtensize - Size in bytes of each element to be writtennmemb - Number of elements, each one with a size of bytesstream – A pointer to a FILE object that specifies an output streamfread() syntaxfread(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream)whereptr - A pointer to a block of memory with a minimum size of size*nmemb bytes.size - Size in bytes of each element to be read.nmemb - Number of ... Read More

Listing files in a directory is used to write a program that opens a specified folder (e.g: "/myfiles"), reads its contents, and displays the names of each file and subfolder one by one. In C/C++, to see all the files in a directory, you can use special system functions that let you read the directory's contents. In real life, we open folder to see the contents inside the files. Similarly, in C or C++, we can write a program to display all the files and folders in a directory. Algorithm Following is the algorithm to get the list of files ... Read More