Array and Pointer

float f;

• reserves one cell in memory of type float.

float temps[10];

• reserves 10 cells in memory of type float.

temps

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temps[0]

temps[8]

&f

&f is the address of the variable f. The address tells you where f is located in computer memory.

An array name by itself is the starting address of the array. I.e. address of temps[0].

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