What are void pointers?

1.	What are void pointers?
Answer» A VOID pointer is a pointer which is having no datatype associated with it. It can HOLD ADDRESSES of any TYPE. For example- void ptr; char str;p=str; // no error str=p; // error because of type mismatch We can ASSIGN a pointer of any type to a void pointer but the reverse is not true unless you typecast it as str=(char*) ptr;

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A VOID pointer is a pointer which is having no datatype associated with it. It can HOLD ADDRESSES of any TYPE.

For example-

void *ptr; char *str;p=str; // no error str=p; // error because of type mismatch

We can ASSIGN a pointer of any type to a void pointer but the reverse is not true unless you typecast it as

str=(char*) ptr;

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