Integer pointer arithmetic

What will be the expected output of the below program?

Example

#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int a = 10, *ptr;
    //assume base address of variable 'a' as 1024

    //ptr references 'a'
    ptr = &a;

    printf("%x\n",ptr);

    //increment pointer address by 1
    ptr++;

    printf("%x\n",ptr);

    return 0;
}

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Integer variable will take 4 bytes in memory to store the value.

If we add 1 to integer pointer address, it will point to the next integer starting address which is current base address + sizeof(int).


In this case output will be 1024 + 4 => 1028.

Pictorial Explanation

Integer pointer arithmetic