Constant pointer :
These type of pointers we can not change the address pointed by the pointers but the values pointed by those pointers can be changed.
<data type> *const <variable-name>;
ex: int *const ptr;
main()
{
int i =10 , j = 20;
int *const ptr = &i;
ptr = &j; // Not allowed
*ptr = 20; //Allowed
}
Pointer to constant :
These types of pointers are the one in which we can change the address but we can not change the value they are pointed to.
const <data-type> * <variable-name>;
ex: const int *ptr;
main()
{
int i =10 , j = 20;
int *const ptr = &i;
ptr = &j; // allowed
*ptr = 20; //not allowed
}