Question

What is void or Generic pointers in C?

Answer 1

A void pointer is a generic pointer, it has no associated data type. It can store the address of any type of object and it can be type-casted to any type. According to C standard, the pointer to void shall have the same representation and alignment requirements as a pointer to a character type. A void pointer declaration is similar to the normal pointer, but the difference is that instead of data types we use the void keyword.

Syntax:

void * Pointer_Name;