{"id":9950,"date":"2024-03-14T10:22:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T10:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-print-the-content-pointed-to-by-a-pointer-in-c-language\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T16:43:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T16:43:59","slug":"how-to-print-the-content-pointed-to-by-a-pointer-in-c-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-print-the-content-pointed-to-by-a-pointer-in-c-language\/","title":{"rendered":"How to print the content pointed to by a pointer in C language?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To print the content pointed to by a pointer, first use the dereference operator * to fetch the value being pointed to, and then use the printf function to print out that value. Here is a simple example code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;stdio.h&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> num = <span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>;\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> *ptr = &amp;num; <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u6307\u9488\u6307\u5411num\u53d8\u91cf<\/span>\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u6307\u9488\u6307\u5411\u7684\u5185\u5bb9\u4e3a: %d\\n\"<\/span>, *ptr); <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u6253\u5370\u6307\u9488\u6307\u5411\u7684\u5185\u5bb9<\/span>\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, an integer variable num and an integer pointer ptr are first defined. The pointer is then pointed to the num variable. Finally, *ptr is used to retrieve the value pointed to by the pointer, which is then printed out using the printf function. Running the program will output the content pointed to by the pointer as 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To print the content pointed to by a pointer, first use the dereference operator * to fetch the value being pointed to, and then use the printf function to print out that value. 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