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Incrementing Numbers Using Pointers

Incrementing Numbers Using Pointers

Learn how to increment numbers using pointers.

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Increment numbers in pseudocode using pointers

In pseudocode, we can use pointers to increment a number stored at the memory location with the address stored in %RAX:

(rax) + 1 -> (rax)

Increment numbers in C/C++ using pointers

In C/C++ language, we can write incrementing numbers using pointers in three possible ways:

*a = *a + 1;
++(*a);
(*a)++;

Increment numbers in assembly language using pointers

In assembly language, we use the instructions inc ...