Pointers in c
Problem Statement :
Objective: In this challenge, you will learn to implement the basic functionalities of pointers in C. A pointer in C is a way to share a memory address among different contexts (primarily functions). They are primarily used whenever a function needs to modify the content of a variable that it does not own. In order to access the memory address of a variable, val, prepend it with & sign. For example, &val returns the memory address of val. This memory address is assigned to a pointer and can be shared among various functions. For example, int *p=&val will assign the memory address of val to pointer p. To access the content of the memory to which the pointer points, prepend it with a *. For example, *p will return the value reflected by val and any modification to it will be reflected at the source (val). void increment(int *v) { (*v)++; } int main() { int a; scanf("%d", &a); increment(&a); printf("%d", a); return 0; } Task Complete the function void update(int *a,int *b). It receives two integer pointers, int* a and int* b. Set the value of a to their sum, and b to their absolute difference. There is no return value, and no return statement is needed. 1. a'=a+b 2. b'=|a-b| Input Format: The input will contain two integers, a and b, separated by a newline. Output Format: Modify the two values in place and the code stub main() will print their values. Note: Input/ouput will be automatically handled. You only have to complete the function described in the 'task' section.
Solution :
Solution in C :
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void update(int *a,int *b) {
// Complete this function
int t1, t2;
t1 = *a + *b;
t2 = abs(*a - *b);
*a = t1;
*b = t2;
}
int main() {
int a, b;
int *pa = &a, *pb = &b;
scanf("%d %d", &a, &b);
update(pa, pb);
printf("%d\n%d", a, b);
return 0;
}
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