How to: Declare and Use Interior Pointers and Managed Arrays (C++/CLI)

 

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The following C++/CLI sample shows how you can declare and use an interior pointer to an array.

Important

This language feature is supported by the /clr compiler option, but not by the /ZW compiler option.

Example

Code

// interior_ptr_arrays.cpp  
// compile with: /clr  
#define SIZE 10  
  
int main() {  
   // declare the array  
   array<int>^ arr = gcnew array<int>(SIZE);  
  
   // initialize the array  
   for (int i = 0 ; i < SIZE ; i++)  
      arr[i] = i + 1;  
  
   // create an interior pointer into the array  
   interior_ptr<int> ipi = &arr[0];  
  
   System::Console::WriteLine("1st element in arr holds: {0}", arr[0]);  
   System::Console::WriteLine("ipi points to memory address whose value is: {0}", *ipi);  
  
   ipi++;  
   System::Console::WriteLine("after incrementing ipi, it points to memory address whose value is: {0}", *ipi);  
}  

Output

1st element in arr holds: 1  
ipi points to memory address whose value is: 1  
after incrementing ipi, it points to memory address whose value is: 2  

See Also

interior_ptr (C++/CLI)