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CPointerType[type]

is a symbolic representation of a type that is a pointer to a type.

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CPointerType

CPointerType[type]

is a symbolic representation of a type that is a pointer to a type.

Details and Options

  • SymbolicC expressions are inert; they evaluate to themselves, staying in an unevaluated form.
  • SymbolicC expressions can be converted into a C string with ToCCodeString.
  • CPointerType can be used in places where a pointer to a type is needed.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

To use SymbolicC, you first need to load the package:

This creates a type that is a pointer to a double:

This casts the variable x to a pointer to a double:

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

Text

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

CMS

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

APA

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_cpointertype, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CPointerType}", year="2010", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/SymbolicC/ref/CPointerType.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_cpointertype, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CPointerType}, year={2010}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/SymbolicC/ref/CPointerType.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}