Passing pointer to an array as a parameter to a function - c

Question

I tried to build a heap and finally print the elements in the form of an array.
Here it is the code (I know this doesn't really make sense but I just wanted to test my knowlwdge of heap and dynamic arrays):
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void heapiify(int *arr,int n, int i)
{
int largest=i;
int l=2*i+1; // left node
int r= 2*i+2; // right node
if(l<=n && *arr[l]>=*arr[i])
largest=l;
if (r <=n && *arr[r]<=*arr[i])
largest= r;
if(largest !=i)
{
int temp=*arr[i];
*arr[i]=*arr[largest];
*arr[largest]=temp;
}
heapify(*arr,n,largest);
}
void buildh(int *arr,int n,int r,int c)
{
int i;
for(i=n/2-1;i>=0;i--)
heapify(*arr,n,i);
output(*arr,r,c);
}
void output(int *arr,int r,int c)
{
int i,j;
for(i=0;i<r;i++)
{
for(j=0;j<c;j++)
{
printf("%d",*arr[i*c+j]);
}
printf("\n");
}
}
int main()
{
int i,j,r,c;
printf("enter the number of rows");
scanf("%d",&r);
printf("enter the number of columns");
scanf("%d",&c);
int n=r*c;
int *arr=malloc(n*sizeof(int));
for(i=0;i<r;i++)
{
for(j=0;j<c;j++)
scanf("%d",&arr[i*c+j]);
}
buildh(*arr,n,r,c);
}
I'm getting 9 errors which are all the same
invalid argument type of unary '*'( have int)

Answer 1

Your arr variable is of type pointer to int:
int *arr=malloc(n*sizeof(int));
So when you call buildh, which takes the same type, you have to pass it as-is:
buildh(arr,n,r,c);
Same for the other cases.

Answer 2

The problem is the dereference of arr, across your funtions in multiple places, and the passing of dereferenced *arr in your functions to int * parameters, you should pass arr, try:
//...
void heapify(int *arr, int n, int i)
{
int largest = i;
int l = 2 * i + 1; // left node
int r = 2 * i + 2; // right node
if (l <= n && arr[l] >= arr[i]) //here
largest = l;
if (r <= n && arr[r] <= arr[i]) //here
largest = r;
if (largest != i)
{
int temp = arr[i]; //here
arr[i] = arr[largest]; //here
arr[largest] = temp; //here
}
heapify(arr, n, largest); //here
}
void buildh(int *arr, int n, int r, int c)
{
int i;
for (i = n / 2 - 1; i >= 0; i--)
heapify(arr, n, i); //here
output(arr, r, c); //here
}
void output(int *arr, int r, int c)
{
int i, j;
for (i = 0; i < r; i++)
{
for (j = 0; j < c; j++)
{
printf("%d", arr[i * c + j]); //here
}
printf("\n");
}
}
int main()
{
//...
buildh(arr, n, r, c); //here
}