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In this post, we will understand the difference between pointer and reference.PointerIt can be initialized to any value.It can be initialized any time after its declaration.It can be assigned to point to a NULL value.It can be dereferenced using the ‘*’ operator.It can be changed to point to a different variable of the same type only.Exampleint val = 5; //code// int *p = &val;ReferenceIt has to be initialized when it is declared.It can’t be a NULL value.It can be used by a name.Once it has been initialized to a variable, it can’t be changed to refer to a variable object.Exampleint ... Read More

File is collection of records or is a place on hard disk, where data is stored permanently.Operations on filesThe operations on files in C programming language are as follows −Naming the fileOpening the fileReading from the fileWriting into the fileClosing the fileSyntaxThe syntax for opening a file is as follows −FILE *File pointer;For example, FILE * fptr;The syntax for naming a file is as follows −File pointer = fopen ("File name", "mode");For example, fptr = fopen ("sample.txt", "r"); FILE *fp; fp = fopen ("sample.txt", "w");Error Handling in FilesSome of the errors in files are as follows −Trying to read beyond ... Read More

In this post, we will understand the difference between if-else statement and ‘switch’ statement.If-elseDepending on the expression inside the statement, output would be generated.It uses multiple statements for multiple choices.This statement tests for equality.It can be used to test logical expressions.It can evaluate integer, character, pointer, floating-point type and boolean type.Just one of the ‘if’ or ‘else’ statement gets executed.If the condition inside the ‘if’ statement is false, then the ‘else’ statement is executed if it has been created.It is tough to edit if-else statement, especially if it is nested.SwitchThe statement that needs to be executed is decided by the ... Read More

File is collection of records or is a place on hard disk, where data is stored permanently.Operations on filesThe operations on files in C programming language are as follows −Naming the fileOpening the fileReading from the fileWriting into the fileClosing the fileSyntaxThe syntax for opening a file is as follows −FILE *File pointer;For example, FILE * fptr;The syntax for naming a file is as follows −File pointer = fopen ("File name", "mode");For example, fptr = fopen ("sample.txt", "r"); FILE *fp; fp = fopen ("sample.txt", "w");fgets( ) and fputs( ) functions fgets() is used for reading a string from a file.The ... Read More

A file is a collection of data stored in secondary memory. Files are used to store information that programs can determine. A file represents a sequence of bytes, Whether it is a text file or a binary file. It is a collection of records or is a location on the hard disk where data is stored permanently. Operations on Files The operations on files in the C programming language are as follows − Naming the file Opening the file Reading from the file Writing ... Read More

In this post, we will understand the difference between exit(0) and exit(1).exit(0)It is portable.It tells about the successful termination or completion of the program.It tells about the termination when the program is executed without any errors.The ‘EXIT_SUCCESS’ macro is used to return code 0.The ‘EXIT_SUCCESS’ can be defined as standard as zero.Syntaxexit(0);exit(1)It is not portable.It tells about the abnormal termination of the program.It tells about the termination if the program exited with certain error when the program was being executed.The ‘EXIT_FAILURE’ macro is used to return code 1.It is not restrict by standard to be 1 only.It can be used ... Read More

In this post, we will understand the difference between character array and string.StringsThey are immutable.Once they are defined, they can’t be changed.It refers to a sequence of characters, which is represented as a single data type.It contains built-in functions such as substring(), charAt().The ‘+’ operator can be used to append strings together, which would form a new string.The charAt() method helps access characters at a specific index within a ‘String’.These strings are stored in the ‘String Constant Pool’.It is not preferred to store passwords in strings in Java.A string can be converted to a character array using toCharArray() method of ... Read More

A file is a collection of data stored in secondary memory. Files are used to store information that programs can determine. A file represents a sequence of bytes, whether it is a text file or a binary file. It is a collection of records or a location on the hard disk where data is stored permanently. Operations on Files The operations on files in the C programming language are as follows − Naming the file Opening the file Reading from the file Writing into ... Read More

Recursion and Iteration both repeatedly execute the set of instructions. Recursion occurs when a statement in a function calls itself repeatedly. The iteration occurs when a loop repeatedly executes until the controlling condition becomes false. The basic difference between recursion and iteration is that recursion is a process always applied to a function and iteration is applied to the set of instructions which we want to be executed repeatedly. Read through this article to find out more about Recursion and Iteration and how they are different from each other. What is Recursion? Recursion is defined as a process in which a function calls itself repeatedly. Recursion uses selection structure. If the recursion step does ... Read More

File is collection of records or is a place on hard disk, where data is stored permanently.Need of filesEntire data is lost when a program terminates.Storing in a file preserves the data even if, the program terminates.If you want to enter a large amount of data, normally it takes a lot of time to enter them all.We can easily access the content of files by using few commands.You can easily move your data from one computer to another without changes.By using C commands, we can access the files in different ways.Operations on filesThe operations on files in C programming language ... Read More