pointers

Originally Posted by 'Bruno

yea (e.g)... without needing to return (attention that arrays wont need it.. for the reason already talked about on the other topic)

ok I got it now! thanks a lot

Originally Posted by VvITylerIvV

I know what you mean... Earlier in the day I'm nice... then at night I can be a bit of a b****

which would be helpful how?

Code:

int myLeetVar = 1;

void setLeet(int leet)
{
    leet = 1337;
}

int main()
{
    setLeet(myLeetVar);
    cout<<myLeetVar;
}

outputs: 1

Code:

int myLeetVar = 1;

void setLeet(int *leet)
{
    *leet = 1337;
}

int main()
{
    setLeet(myLeetVar);
    cout<<myLeetVar;
}

outputs: 1337

Useful for game classes etc

Originally Posted by Hell_Demon

Code:

int myLeetVar = 1;

void setLeet(int leet)
{
    leet = 1337;
}

int main()
{
    setLeet(myLeetVar);
    cout<<myLeetVar;
}

outputs: 1

Code:

int myLeetVar = 1;

void setLeet(int *leet)
{
    *leet = 1337;
}

int main()
{
    setLeet(myLeetVar);
    cout<<myLeetVar;
}

outputs: 1337

Useful for game classes etc

Ok thank you, I understand it now... Pointers are helpful when used in functions to change the value of a variable outside of the function?

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