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 - [Recursion](https://github.com/gouravthakur39/beginners-C-program-examples/blob/master/Recursion.c)
 - [Segmentation Fault or Bus Error Demo](https://github.com/gouravthakur39/beginners-C-program-examples/blob/master/SegmentationFaultorBusErrorDemo.c)
 - [Structure](https://github.com/gouravthakur39/beginners-C-program-examples/blob/master/Structure.c)
+- [Basic Pointers to Functions](https://github.com/gouravthakur39/beginners-C-program-examples/blob/master/basicFunctionPointers.c)
 - [Swapping 2 Numbers Without a Third Variable or ^](https://github.com/geetanjaliaich/beginners-C-program-examples/blob/FactorialEratosthenes/SwapIntegersWithout3rdVariable(Arithmatic).c)
 - [Print 100 Prime numbers using Seive of Eratosthenes](https://github.com/geetanjaliaich/beginners-C-program-examples/blob/FactorialEratosthenes/PrimeByEratosthenes.c)
 - [Palindrome Number](https://github.com/geetanjaliaich/beginners-C-program-examples/blob/FactorialEratosthenes/PalindromeNumber.c)
diff --git a/basicFunctionPointers.c b/basicFunctionPointers.c
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+#include<stdio.h>
+/**
+ * add - adds two numbers
+ * this function would be called indirectly with function pointers
+ * @a: integer
+ * @b: integer
+ * Return: sum of a and b
+*/
+int add(int a, int b)
+{
+	return (a + b);
+}
+
+/**
+ * main - entry point
+ * the main function calls the add function indirectly using function pointers
+ * Return: 0 (success)
+*/
+int main(void)
+{
+	int (*fptr)(int, int); /* This is the declaration of the function pointer.
+							this pointer points to a function that takes two integers
+							as arguments and return an integer */
+
+	fptr = add;
+	printf("%d", fptr(1,2));
+}
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