how to check a pointer is not null code example

Example 1: if(pointer) in c

int * some_ptr;
// ...
if (some_ptr == NULL)
{
    // Handle null-pointer error
}
else
{
    // Proceed
}

Example 2: if(pointer) in c

int * some_ptr;
// ...
if (some_ptr)
{
    // Proceed
}
else
{
    // Handle null-pointer error
}