From 22ff1db8a76c7047b61a424ae1fa5f43697fcb34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marti Bolivar Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:46:52 -0400 Subject: initial check-in of arduino docs in RST format (converted using wget+pandoc) --- docs/source/arduino/pointer.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/source/arduino/pointer.rst (limited to 'docs/source/arduino/pointer.rst') diff --git a/docs/source/arduino/pointer.rst b/docs/source/arduino/pointer.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4e4b9e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/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. + + -- cgit v1.2.3