#include int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { // create two arrays we care about int ages[] = { 23, 43, 12, 89, 2 }; char *names[] = { "Alan", "Frank", "Mary", "John", "Lisa" }; // safely get the size of ages int count = sizeof(ages) / sizeof(int); int i = 0; char **first_name = &names[0]; char **last_name = &names[count - 1]; printf("first_name=%p last_name=%p\n", first_name, last_name); printf("*first_name=%s *last_name=%s\n", *first_name, *last_name); printf("---\n"); // first way using indexing for (i = count - 1; i > -1; i--) { printf("%s has %d years alive.\n", names[i], ages[i]); } printf("---\n"); // setup the pointers to the start of the arrays int *cur_age = ages; char **cur_name = names; // second way using pointers for (i = count - 1; i > -1; i--) { printf("%s is %d years old.\n", *(cur_name + i), *(cur_age + i)); } printf("---\n"); // third way, pointers are just arrays for (i = count - 1; i > -1; i--) { printf("%s is %d years old again.\n", cur_name[i], cur_age[i]); } printf("---\n"); // fourth way with pointers in a stupid complex way for (cur_name = names, cur_age = ages; (cur_age - ages) < count; cur_name++, cur_age++) { printf("%s lived %d years so far.\n", *cur_name, *cur_age); } return 0; }