I AM NOT GOOD AT PROGRAM


#include <iostream>

int *modi (int *array)
{
    int *start = array;
   
    for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++)
    {
        array[x] = x;
    }
   
    return start;
}
   

int main ()
{
    int arr[10] = { 0 };
   
    for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++)
    {
        std::cout << arr[x];
    }
   
    modi (arr);
   
    for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++)
    {
        std::cout << arr[x];
    }
   
    std::cout << "niggers";
   
    return 0;
}

So I just wrote this. I know what it does, and I know that it works, but I don't know how it works.
int *start dereferences, but the value is undefined, and oh god how the fuck did I make this compile.
Please help.

>>1
I know what it does
I'm pretty sure you don't.

int *start dereferences
No, it doesn't. It declares start as a pointer to integer, with the same value as array itself. If you wanted to dereference anything, you should have written:


int start = *array;

Additionally, the first element of arr is in fact defined as you initialized arr with { 0 }; .