Program 187:Swap two numbers using Pointers

Program 187:
 

 #include<stdio.h>
void swap(int *,int*);
main( )
{
int a,b;
printf("Enter a and b values\n");
scanf("%d%d",&a,&b);
printf ("Values before Swap\na=%d\nb=%d\n",a,b ) ;
swap(&a,&b ) ;
printf ("Values after Swap\na=%d\nb=%d\n",a,b ) ;
}
void swap( int *x, int *y )
{
int t ;
t = *x ;
*x = *y ;
*y = t ;
}

Explanation:

1. To understand this, it is very important to know what is a function. You can refer to my website by visiting this URL https://beginnerlanguage.blogspot.com/p/functions.html. 

2. int a,b;
   printf("Enter a and b values\n");
   scanf("%d%d",&a,&b);
   printf ("Values before Swap\na=%d\nb=%d\n",a,b ) ;
   

   
   Here we declared 2 variables a and b and took user input. And let's say a=25 and b=100. And printed them on screen before we swap them.
   
   

3. swap(&a,&b ) ;

   Now we are calling the function swap by passing 2 parameters a and b using reference &. 
   
   

4. void swap( int *x, int *y )
   {
   int t ;
   t = *x ;
   *x = *y ;
   *y = t ;
   }

   In this method, we are doing the same which we used here and the explanation is also the same https://www.cprograms4future.com/p/swap-numbers-with-two-variables.html
   
   
5. The only difference is , here we used pointers. Pointers will work based on reference. Now we no need to return back any values as the values changes in method swap will automatically reflect in a and b values. As a is *x and b is *y. 

6. printf ("Values after Swap\na=%d\nb=%d\n",a,b ) ;

   Finally, we are printing swapped values of a and b.

What is Pointer??

You can open my All C Programs app and go through the explanation I gave under interview questions on "What is a Pointer?".
Then you will understand better on this concept.

Output: