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| Message-ID | <4F42C9FB.2597@mindspring.com> (permalink) |
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| Date | 2012-02-20 17:32 -0500 |
| From | pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> |
| Organization | PF |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Arrays Vs Pointers |
| References | <jgs51h$hhm$1@speranza.aioe.org> <slrnjk1qug.1m5e.willem@toad.stack.nl> <lnfwe6efr8.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> |
Keith Thompson wrote:
>
> Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> writes:
> > peter wrote:
> > ) I am currently exploring the world of pointers and have encounter some
> > ) inconsistent information regarding the best way to reference an
> > ) array: array[1] OR *(array +1).
> > )
> > ) One book says that you should not use the syntax array[1] because
> > ) of performance reason.
> >
> > That book is completely and utterly wrong.
> > In C, "array[index]" is *exactly the same* as "*(array + index)"
> > I would go so far as to call it syntactic sugar.
> > Hell, it's even commutative. "array[index]" means the same as "index[array]" !
> [...]
>
> Yes, but I doubt that that's what the book actually said.
Teach Yourself C,
by Herbert Schildt, copyright 1990,
Chapter 6.3, Use Pointers With Arrays,
page 197:
For somewhat complex reasons,
a C compiler will generally create faster executable code
for an expression such as
*(p+3)
than it will for the comparable array index
p[3]
--
pete
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Re: Arrays Vs Pointers William Ahern <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2012-02-07 13:50 -0800
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-02-07 17:13 -0500
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2012-02-07 16:38 -0600
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-02-07 23:09 +0000
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-07 14:41 -0800
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-02-07 23:07 +0000
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-02-07 19:14 -0500
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 18:21 -0500
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-07 16:25 -0800
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 20:31 -0500
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Ike Naar <ike@sverige.freeshell.org> - 2012-02-07 23:36 +0000
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-07 16:26 -0800
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-07 16:24 -0800
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Paul N <gw7rib@aol.com> - 2012-02-07 14:55 -0800
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Re: Arrays Vs Pointers John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2012-02-08 16:06 -0800
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2012-02-08 23:25 -0800
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Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2012-02-10 01:04 -0800
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Re: Arrays Vs Pointers gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-02-10 01:20 -0800
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2012-02-18 23:12 -0500
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-02-19 05:53 +0000
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Markus Wichmann <nullplan@gmx.net> - 2012-02-19 18:54 +0100
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-02-19 18:51 +0000
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-02-19 21:29 +0100
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Markus Wichmann <nullplan@gmx.net> - 2012-02-20 11:24 +0100
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-02-21 01:51 -0800
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-02-19 12:32 +0000
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-19 12:21 -0800
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-02-19 21:00 +0000
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-02-19 21:42 +0000
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-02-20 17:32 -0500
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-02-20 17:56 -0500
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-20 15:19 -0800
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-20 16:35 -0800
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-02-20 22:53 -0500
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-20 21:16 -0800
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers Richard Sanders <lnr729@gmail.com> - 2012-02-21 00:26 -0800
Re: Arrays Vs Pointers pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-02-21 11:46 -0500
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