allistairhaughton wrote:
> The aim of the program is to design an online shopping network
> allowing shoppers to view available products and add or remove them
> from their shopping cart. The cart must be a queue (item entered at
> the back, removed at the front only). 
> 
> I have been working on this program for the past 3 weeks and every
> time I think I correct something, something else goes wrong.
> 
> I am in college, now doing C++. I did C last year and got through as
> one of the top programmers but had a little problem with pointers then
> but now its driving me crazy.

Forgot to mention:  We are going to need more details on the program 
requirements itself.

Pointers are an advanced concept taught WAY too early in courses.  It 
can take several years of programming before a person is ready to 
understand them and how they work.

For an alternate view of pointers that may help you understand them 
better, take a look at Safe C++ Design Principles (free e-book for 
c-prog members, see Links section), Chapter 3 on Memory.  Specifically 
read the "Pointers and Magical Memory" section.  It is, perhaps, the 
simplest explanation and one that seems to work when all the typical 
pictogram explanations fail.

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