Pointers and Functions

We can pass arguments by reference using pointers in C. We can also return a pointer from the function.

In below function, we have created one function called swap which takes 2 arguments. We have used pointers to pass the arguments by address.

#include<stdio.h>

// function prototype, also called function declaration

void swap(int *p, int *q);

int main()

{

    int a = 10, b = 20;

    //  calling swap function by reference

    printf("Before swapping \n a = %d \n  b = %d",a,b);

    swap(&a, &b); 

    printf("\n After swapping \n a = %d \n b = %d", a, b);

      

}

void swap(int *p, int *q)

{

    int t;

    t = *p;

    *p = *q;

    *q = t;

}

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