CS-62 JUNE 2003 QNO 2(c)

Question 2.(c) List atleast 4 differences between Arrays and Pointers in 'C' Language.
Answer: (i) Array elemets are always stored in contiguous memory location irrespective of array size.
(ii) There is necessary to assign the size in array, ut not in Pointers.
(iii)Pointers are randomly location.
(iv) The size of the data type which pointer variable refers to is dependent on the data type pointed to by the pointer.
(v) A pointer whenever increameted, points to a location after skipping number of bytes required by the data type.