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C# / C Sharp » Language Basics » Pointer Unsafe Screenshots  An array name with an index yields a pointer to the start of the array /* C#: The Complete Reference  by Herbert Schildt  Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (March 8, 2002) ISBN: 0072134852 */ /* An array name with an index yields a pointer to the     start of the array. */    using System;    public class PtrArray {    unsafe public static void Main() {      int[] nums = new int[10];        fixed(int* p = &nums[0], p2 = nums) {        if(p == p2)          Console.WriteLine("p and p2 point to same address.");      }    }  }                     Related examples in the same category 1. References and Pointers 2. Demonstrate pointers and unsafe 3. Demonstrate fixed 4. Demonstrate the effects of pointer arithmethic 5. Demonstrate pointer comparison 6. Index a pointer as if it were an array 7. Use fixed to get a pointer to the start of a string 8. Multiple Indirect 9. Unsafe code: copy 10. Pointers and Declarative Pinning 11. Unsafe Context