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C# / C Sharp » Language Basics » Pointer Unsafe Screenshots  Use fixed to get a pointer to the start of a string /* C#: The Complete Reference  by Herbert Schildt  Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (March 8, 2002) ISBN: 0072134852 */ // Use fixed to get a pointer to the start of a string.    using System;    public class FixedString {    unsafe public static void Main() {      string str = "this is a test";        // Point p to start of str.      fixed(char* p = str) {          // Display the contents of str via p.        for(int i=0; p[i] != 0; i++)          Console.Write(p[i]);      }        Console.WriteLine();          }  }                     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. An array name with an index yields a pointer to the start of the array 7. Index a pointer as if it were an array 8. Multiple Indirect 9. Unsafe code: copy 10. Pointers and Declarative Pinning 11. Unsafe Context