Addition of a number to pointer: Pointer+ number

When we add some integer to the pointer then the address stored in the pointer is incremented by         

                        number * sizeof (datatype of pointer)

Assume space required for data types int & char are 2 & 1 bytesresp.

And we represent a particular block of memory filled with random values (not shown) as:

If we declare the pointers as

int *x:

int *y:

int i=3;// starting address of i is 9 and is 2 byte wide.

x=&i;

printf(“value at x is %d”, *x); // output we get is 3 i.e. value stored at location 9 & 10    

x=x+1; // now x points to space with starting address 11

printf(“value at x is %d”, *x); // output we get is a random value i.e. value stored at location 11 & 12

x=x+3; // we add 3*2=6 more i.e. now x points to address 17

printf(“value at x is %d”, *x); // output we get is a random value i.e. value stored at location 17 & 18

If we declare the pointers as

char *x:

char *y:

char i // starting address of i is 9 and is 1 byte wide.

x=&i;

printf(“value at x is %d”, *x); // output we get is the value stored at location 9

x=x+1; // we add 1*1=1 and now x points to space with starting address 10

printf(“value at x is %d”, *x); // output we get is a random value i.e. value stored at location 10

x=x+3; // we add 3*1=3 more i.e. now x points to address 13