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POFor (*ptr)[], why is printf("%p",(void*)ptr+1) working but not printf("%p",ptr+1)?
 

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    <p>I just fail to understand the error in the following program.What I have done is I've assigned the address of an array of size 5 to a pointer <strong>ptr</strong> of type <code>(*)[]</code>.There is no type mismatch and it's ok as far as that goes.But then I want to print the value <strong>ptr+1</strong>.As I expected, it shows an error about unspecified bounds.But it just misses me how the same <code>ptr+1</code> works fine when I cast it to type <code>void*</code>.</p> <p>Casting is fine, but before it comes to that,how can the program calculate <code>ptr+1</code> as it simply doesn't know the bounds? How would it know whether to move 5 elements ahead, or 8 elements ahead or any elements ahead?Why doesn't <code>(void*)ptr+1</code> show the same error as <code>ptr+1</code>?</p> <p>To better highlight the whole thing, I have also used a pointer <code>ctr</code> which is explicitly declared to be of type <code>(*)[5]</code> instead of <code>(*)[]</code>. Please give me the technical reasons behind this.Thank you.</p> <pre><code>#include&lt;stdio.h&gt; int main(void) { int ar1[5]={1,5,3,8,9}; int (*ptr)[]=&amp;ar1,(*ctr)[5]=&amp;ar1; printf("%p\n",ptr+1); //ERROR about unspecified bounds printf("%p\n",(void*)ptr+1); //It's ok printf("%p\n",ctr+1); //It's ok } </code></pre> <p><strong>PSST!!</strong> The last two correct <code>printf()</code>s don't produce the same value.If I comment out the incorrect <code>printf("%p\n",ptr+1);</code> line, this is the output.</p> <p><strong>0023FF25</strong></p> <p><strong>0023FF38</strong></p> <p><code>PSST!!</code> I checked it again, int the <code>ptr+1</code> part of <code>(void*)ptr+1</code> , a <code>1</code> is simply being added to the numeric value of <code>ptr</code>.What's going on?</p>
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