\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Nima (nimakarimian)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (c-pointers-cookbook.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Nima (nimakarimian)) /Subject (C++ Pointers cookbook Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{C92C3C} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{FBF1F2} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{C++ Pointers cookbook Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Nima (nimakarimian)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/113429/cs/21694/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Nima (nimakarimian) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/nimakarimian} \\ \uline{\seqsplit{www}.nimakarimian.ir} \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 29th January, 2020.\\ Updated 29th January, 2020.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{4} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Array of Pointers}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{int *ptr{[}arraysize{]} = array of pointers, pointing to int} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pointer to function}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{int ({\emph{FuncPTR)(int a,int b); //called funcptr is a pointer to function \newline // actually is used as a parameter of another func and can pass any func to the desired func as a parameter with this method \newline int func1(int); \newline int func2(int); \newline int func3(int (}}FuncPTR)(int)); \newline now we can pass func1 or func2 to func3 ;} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Array of Pointers to functions}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{void (*f{[}3{]})(int)=\{function1,function2,function3\}; \newline // f is an array of pointers , pointing to functions of type void which all of them take one parameter of type int .} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pointer vs array}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{int b{[}10{]}; int {\emph{bptr; \newline bptr=b; OR bptr=\&b{[}0{]}; \newline }}(bptr+3) // shows the value of b{[}3{]} \newline bptr+3 // points to \&b{[}3{]} \newline //an array can be used like a pointer too -\textgreater{} *(b+3)=value of b{[}3{]} \newline //pointer to an array can be used like an array -\textgreater{} bptr{[}3{]} = value of b{[}3{]}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{NULL pointer}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{int *ptr = NULL; //The value of ptr is 0 \newline if(ptr) // succeeds if p is not null \newline if(!ptr) // succeeds if p is null} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{passing pointers to functions}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{{\bf{{\emph{WHEN PASSING ARGUMENTS}}}} \newline unsigned long sec; \newline getSeconds( \&sec ); \newline {\bf{{\emph{IN FUNCTION HEADER}}}} \newline void getSeconds(unsigned long *par)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pointer to pointer}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{A pointer to a pointer is a form of multiple indirection or a chain of pointers \newline int var; \newline int {\emph{ptr; \newline int }}*pptr; \newline var = 3000; \newline ptr = \&var; // take the address of var \newline pptr = \&ptr;// take the address of ptr using address of operator \&} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Return pointer from functions}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{int {\emph{ getRandom( ) \{ \newline static int r{[}10{]}; \newline return r; \newline \} \newline // main function to call above defined function. \newline int main () \{ \newline int }}p; \newline p = getRandom(); \newline \}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Array of strings}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{char *color=\{"red","blue","yellow','green"\}; \newline //color is an array of pointers , pointing to the first character of each string} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}