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education/software development/ECE1400/C.md

@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ To update the value a pointer points at, you can dereference on the left hand si
 *p = 7;
 ```
 
-Because of how operator preci works
+Because of how operator precedence works, parentheses should be placed around the dereference operator and the variable
+```c
+// Increment the value pointed to by `p`
+(*p)++;
+```
 # Formatting specifiers
 # Standard library
 ## Formatting specifiers

education/software development/ECE1400/Chapter 12 Exercises.md

@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ The following expressions are illegal because of mismatched types:
 - (a) `p == a[0]` - Comparison between `int *` and `int`
 The rest of the expressions are true.
 
-8.' 
+8.