Difference between revisions of "Pointer"

Revision as of 13:28, 11 October 2013

A pointer is a data type wich contains a reference/pointer to the memory address of the variable it points to.

Pointers can be declared in several ways:

p: Pointer;  // direct use of pointer-type
pL: ^Longint; // usage of pointer-to-type notation.

See also:

navigation bar: data types
simple data types	`boolean` `byte` `cardinal` `char` `currency` `double` `dword` `extended` `int8` `int16` `int32` `int64` `integer` `longint` `real` `shortint` `single` `smallint` `pointer` `qword` `word`
complex data types	`array` `class` `object` `record` `set` `string` `shortstring`

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 Pointers can be declared in several ways:
   p: Pointer;  // direct use of pointer-type
-  p: ^Longint; // usage of pointer-to-type notation.
+  pL: ^Longint; // usage of pointer-to-type notation.
 See also: