Added section "Relationship to pointers", fixed misspelled "Initializiation" (#31683)
* Added section "Relationship to pointers" * fix: changed c++ to cpp
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			@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ delete[] dynamic;
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### Access:  
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Elements of an array are accessed using their index. The index of the first element in the array is zero and the second element's index is 1 and so on. You can think of the index of an element as the unit "distance" from the beginning of the array, that is the first element is 0 units from the start.  
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Examples using the number array from above:  
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```cpp
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@@ -89,9 +88,25 @@ numbers[2] = 55; // Sets the third position (3) to the new number 55
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//numbers[] is now: {1, 2, 55, 4, 5}
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```
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### What is the difference between arrays and pointers?
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### Relationship to pointers
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An array is a collection of variables of similar data type that are stored in contiguous memory locations whereas the pointer is a variable that stores the memory address of another variable i.e. a pointer is a variable that points to the location of another variable.
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An array's name functions as an immutable pointer to the array's first element. If we have:
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```cpp
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int arr[3] = {10,45,3}
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int * ptrarr;
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ptrarr = arr;
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for(int i=0; i<3; i++)
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   cout << arr[i] << " from array, and " << *(ptrarr + i) << " from pointer\n";
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```
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we'll get the following output:
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```cpp
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10 from array, and 10 from pointer
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45 from array, and 45 from pointer
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3 from array, and 3 from pointer
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```
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How to insert and print array elements:
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```cpp
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