Reverse an Array Using Only Pointers

Code

#include <stdio.h>

// void reverse_array(int *ptr, int n) {


//     for(int i=0;i<n/2;i++){

//         int temp = *(ptr+i);
//         *(ptr+i)=*(ptr+n-i-1);
//          *(ptr+ n-i-1)  = temp;
//     }
// }



void reverse( int *left, int * right){

    if(left == NULL || right ==NULL){
        return;
    }


    while(left<right){
        *left ^= *right;
        *right ^= *left;
        *left ^= *right;
        left ++;
        right--;
    }
}
void reverse_array(int *ptr, int n){

    if (ptr ==NULL || n==0)
            return;

    reverse(&ptr[0], &ptr[n-1]);
}
int main() {
    int n;
    scanf("%d", &n);

    int arr[100];
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        scanf("%d", &arr[i]);
    }

    reverse_array(arr, n);

    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        printf("%d", arr[i]);
        if(i < n-1){
            printf(" ");
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

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Input

5 1 2 3 4 5

Expected Output

5 4 3 2 1