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| author | Marti Bolivar <mbolivar@mit.edu> | 2010-10-20 06:46:52 -0400 |
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| committer | Marti Bolivar <mbolivar@mit.edu> | 2010-10-20 06:46:52 -0400 |
| commit | 85c1c72db022bba891868afd3375e39dbe245701 (patch) | |
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initial check-in of arduino docs in RST format (converted using wget+pandoc)
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diff --git a/source/arduino/pointer.rst b/source/arduino/pointer.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4e4b9e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/arduino/pointer.rst @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +.. _arduino-pointer: + +The pointer operators +===================== + +& (reference) and \* (dereference) +================================== + +Pointers are one of the more complicated subjects for beginners in +learning C, and it is possible to write the vast majority of +Arduino sketches without ever encountering pointers. However for +manipulating certain data structures, the use of pointers can +simplify the code, and and knowledge of manipulating pointers is +handy to have in one's toolkit. + + |