Constant pointer

[ragavan]

Hi Can anyone tell me the difference between constant pointer and pointer to a constant. Please tell me the situation in which they are used. Thanks in advance

[Cedric Moonen]

See here[^]

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[toxcct]

ragavan wrote:

difference between constant pointer and pointer to a constant

isn't what you say descriptive enough ?! :-D a const pointer cannot be modified, while a pointer to const points to a memory ary which is read-only

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[Michael Dunn]

[18.5] What's the difference between "const Fred* p", "Fred* const p" and "const Fred* const p"?[^]

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