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CDereference[obj]

is a symbolic representation of the dereferencing of a pointer.

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CDereference

CDereference[obj]

is a symbolic representation of the dereferencing of a pointer.

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  • SymbolicC expressions are inert; they evaluate to themselves, staying in an unevaluated form.
  • SymbolicC expressions can be converted into a C string with ToCCodeString.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

To use SymbolicC you first need to load the package:

This dereferences x:

This does a cast before dereferencing:

Wolfram Research (2010), CDereference, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/SymbolicC/ref/CDereference.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2010), CDereference, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/SymbolicC/ref/CDereference.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2010. "CDereference." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/SymbolicC/ref/CDereference.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2010). CDereference. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/SymbolicC/ref/CDereference.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_cdereference, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CDereference}", year="2010", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/SymbolicC/ref/CDereference.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_cdereference, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CDereference}, year={2010}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/SymbolicC/ref/CDereference.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}