In C++, arrays and pointers are inextricably linked. The elements of an array are stored in consecutive memory addresses on the computer and the name of the array is equivalent to the address of the first element in it. Because of these facts, it’s easy to use pointers instead of subscripts to read and write the values of an array. To illustrate this point, consider the following program which copies the elements from one array into another and uses pointer notation throughout in place of subscripts:

#include "stdafx.h"#include using namespace std;void print (int* a, int* b, int arraySize) {   int* aPtr;   int* bPtr;   int i;   cout << "The values:" << endl;   for (i = 0, aPtr = a, bPtr = b; i < arraySize;       cout << "A[" << i << "]: " << *(aPtr++) << endl,       cout << "B[" << i << "]: " << *(bPtr++) << endl, i++);}int main() {   const int arraySize = 10;   int* a = new int[arraySize];   int* b = new int[arraySize];   int* aPtr;   int* bPtr;   int i;   // initialise   for (i = 0, aPtr = a, bPtr = b; i < arraySize; *(aPtr++) = 1, *(bPtr++) = 2, i++);   // print   print(a, b, arraySize);   // copy   for (i = 0, aPtr = a, bPtr = b; i < arraySize; *(aPtr++) = *(bPtr++), i++);   // print   print(a, b, arraySize);}