Example to subtract two integer using pointer in C

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Code to find the subtraction of two numbers

Subtract two integer using pointer

The program use to calculate subtraction of given two integer numbers using pointer in C language

Program 1

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
    int num1,num2;     //declare variables num1,num2
    int *ptr1,*ptr2;   //declare pointer variable 
    int sub;             
    num1=350;   //variable initialization
    num2=50;

    ptr1=&num1;      //assign the address of the variable to pointer variable
    ptr2=&num2;

    sub=*ptr1 - *ptr2;                                 
//calculate the subtraction using pointer
    printf("Subtraction of the given two integer values is: %d",sub); 
//display result on the screen
    getch();
    return 0;
}

When the above code is executed, it produces the following result

Subtraction of the given two integer values is: 300

Subtract two integer using pointer – takes input from the user

The program allow the user to enter two numbers and then calculates subtraction of given two integer numbers using pointer in C language

Program 2

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
    int num1,num2;      //1
    int *ptr1,*ptr2;    //2
    int sub;              //3

    printf("Please enter value for num1: ");    //4
    scanf("%d",&num1);                           //5
    printf("Please enter value for num2: ");      //6
    scanf("%d",&num2);                             //7

    ptr1=&num1;                                      //8
    ptr2=&num2;

    sub=*ptr1 - *ptr2;                                 //10

    printf("Subtraction of the two integer values is: %d",mul);  //11
    getch();
    return 0;
}

When the above code is executed, it produces the following result

Please enter value for num1: 1000
Please enter value for num1: 700
Subtraction of the two integer values is: 300

Methods

Create two variables to store two numbers as input provided by the user: num1,num2;
Create two pointer variables (*ptr1,*ptr2)to store the address of the numbers: num 1 and num2
Create a variable to store the subtraction of these numbers: sub
Request the user to enter first input for store variable num1
Using scanf() function store the first input value in num1
Request the user to enter second input for store variable num2
Using scanf() function store the second input value in num2
Assign the address of variable num1 to ptr1
Assign the address of variable num2 to ptr2
Find the subtraction of two number using their addresses – find the subtraction of num1,num2 using their addresses and add them using the pointer variables
Finally, display result on the screen- the sum of both numbers num1 and num2