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diff --git a/docs/source/arduino/pointer.rst b/docs/source/arduino/pointer.rst index 4e4b9e5..b9bbc48 100644 --- a/docs/source/arduino/pointer.rst +++ b/docs/source/arduino/pointer.rst @@ -1,10 +1,8 @@ .. _arduino-pointer: -The pointer operators -===================== +The pointer operators: & (reference) and \* (dereference) +========================================================= -& (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 @@ -13,4 +11,15 @@ 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. +Introducing pointers is somewhat outside the scope of this +documentation. However, a good `pointer tutorial +<http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/pointers/>`_ is available. +Also see the `Wikipedia article on pointers +<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointer_%28computing%29>`_, especially +the section on `pointers in C +<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointer_%28computing%29#C_pointers>`_. +See Also +======== + +- http://xkcd.com/138/ |