are pointers passed by reference or value code example

Example 1: pass the pointer in C

// passing a pointer to function in C
// It increaments the salary of an employee


#include <stdio.h>
void salaryhike(int  *var, int b)
{
    *var = *var+b;
}
int main()
{
    int salary=0, bonus=0;
    printf("Enter the employee current salary:"); 
    scanf("%d", &salary);
    printf("Enter bonus:");
    scanf("%d", &bonus);
    salaryhike(&salary, bonus);
    printf("Final salary: %d", salary);
    return 0;
}

Example 2: calling by reference and pointers c++

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

// Function prototype
void swap(int*, int*);

int main()
{
    int a = 1, b = 2;
    cout << "Before swapping" << endl;
    cout << "a = " << a << endl;
    cout << "b = " << b << endl;

    swap(&a, &b);

    cout << "\nAfter swapping" << endl;
    cout << "a = " << a << endl;
    cout << "b = " << b << endl;
    return 0;
}

void swap(int* n1, int* n2) {
    int temp;
    temp = *n1;
    *n1 = *n2;
    *n2 = temp;
}