Void pointer

[ranjitshs]

Can the pointer arithmetic be done ou the void pointer?

If not, Then how to increment a void pointer having address of integer or any other data type

please explain with an example

[mac11]

Can the pointer arithmetic be done ou the void pointer?

If not, Then how to increment a void pointer having address of integer or any other data type

please explain with an example

The compiler does not know how large a 'void' is, so incrementing void pointers isn't wise. If you know what the type of data is then just cast to a pointer of that type and then increment.

void *v_ptr = &somedata;

int *i_ptr = (int*)v_ptr;
printf("here's the next int: %d", ++i);

Clearly, this isn't the best example but you get the idea.