Question

Basic question.. had to ask. Any help will be appreciated.

Q: Why can’t I dereference the pointer to a multidimensional array like this:

int arr [2][2] = { {1, 2} , {3, 4} };

printf("%d ", *arr); 

Answer 1

You can dereference it, it is just that the result is not going to be what you’d expect: *arr is not an int, it’s a pointer to an int (OK, a one-dimensional array). If you want to see 1 printed, add another star:

printf("%d ", **arr);