#self doubt

Question

https://gateoverflow.in/204103/gate2018-29?show=204103#q204103

in this question wht is passed in function 1.....what actually 1st function is doing?

Answer 1

Check this, if you have doubt, then comment

Comments

Well explained, cleared my doubts

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What if we use in fun2

void fun2(char* s1, char* s2){
    char* temp;
    temp = *s1;
    *s1 = *s2;
    *s2 = temp;

}

We will get the same output? Why?

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it should throw some error or warning.

Assigning adress of a pointer to pointer is not correct. Assigning adress of a pointer to double pointer is correct.

however you're dereferring it one more time in the next steps, so output same.

Answer 2

function 1 is also swapping values but locally :

void fun1(char* s1, char* s2){
    char* temp;
    temp = s1;
    s1 = s2;
    s2 = temp;
}

here in stack s1 and s2 will be created but after execution they will distroy

void fun2(char** s1, char** s2){
    char* temp;
    temp = *s1;
    *s1 = *s2;
    *s2 = temp;
}

here s1 and s2 will be local it self but they are poining to pointers and modifications in pointer will be reflected outside also.