Hängender Zeiger

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Hängender Zeiger

Quality:

Dangling pointer - pointer that does not point to a valid object. Article “Hängender Zeiger” in German Wikipedia has 24.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 5 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (German) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Hängender Zeiger” was edited by 1 authors in German Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Hängender Zeiger”, its content was written by 45 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 265 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 9 times in German Wikipedia and cited 298 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (German): #19269 in October 2004
  • Global: #27221 in October 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (German): #203049 in January 2015
  • Global: #135167 in August 2013

There are 13 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Dangling pointer
28.912
2Chinese (zh)
迷途指针
25.553
3German (de)
Hängender Zeiger
24.4672
4Catalan (ca)
Punter penjant
17.4915
5Ukrainian (uk)
Завислі вказівники
15.2546
6Korean (ko)
허상 포인터
14.9363
7Russian (ru)
Висячий указатель
13.9931
8Italian (it)
Dangling pointer
11.8195
9Persian (fa)
اشاره‌گرهای معلق
10.3656
10Arabic (ar)
مؤشر متدلي
6.5373
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Hängender Zeiger" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Dangling pointer
1 238 574
2Chinese (zh)
迷途指针
68 400
3German (de)
Hängender Zeiger
57 107
4Russian (ru)
Висячий указатель
27 143
5Italian (it)
Dangling pointer
23 022
6Korean (ko)
허상 포인터
15 945
7Spanish (es)
Referencia colgante
12 989
8Portuguese (pt)
Apontador pendente
9 081
9French (fr)
Dangling pointer
7 892
10Persian (fa)
اشاره‌گرهای معلق
5 023
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Hängender Zeiger" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Dangling pointer
2 874
2Chinese (zh)
迷途指针
267
3German (de)
Hängender Zeiger
96
4Russian (ru)
Висячий указатель
72
5Italian (it)
Dangling pointer
51
6Korean (ko)
허상 포인터
35
7Spanish (es)
Referencia colgante
34
8French (fr)
Dangling pointer
29
9Portuguese (pt)
Apontador pendente
18
10Persian (fa)
اشاره‌گرهای معلق
17
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Hängender Zeiger" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Dangling pointer
129
2German (de)
Hängender Zeiger
45
3Italian (it)
Dangling pointer
19
4Chinese (zh)
迷途指针
19
5Ukrainian (uk)
Завислі вказівники
12
6Persian (fa)
اشاره‌گرهای معلق
9
7Portuguese (pt)
Apontador pendente
9
8Spanish (es)
Referencia colgante
7
9Russian (ru)
Висячий указатель
7
10French (fr)
Dangling pointer
3
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Hängender Zeiger" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Hängender Zeiger
1
2English (en)
Dangling pointer
1
3Chinese (zh)
迷途指针
1
4Arabic (ar)
مؤشر متدلي
0
5Catalan (ca)
Punter penjant
0
6Spanish (es)
Referencia colgante
0
7Persian (fa)
اشاره‌گرهای معلق
0
8French (fr)
Dangling pointer
0
9Italian (it)
Dangling pointer
0
10Korean (ko)
허상 포인터
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Hängender Zeiger" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Dangling pointer
130
2Chinese (zh)
迷途指针
39
3Korean (ko)
허상 포인터
32
4Arabic (ar)
مؤشر متدلي
17
5Ukrainian (uk)
Завислі вказівники
15
6Portuguese (pt)
Apontador pendente
12
7Spanish (es)
Referencia colgante
11
8German (de)
Hängender Zeiger
9
9Italian (it)
Dangling pointer
9
10Russian (ru)
Висячий указатель
9
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
German:
Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مؤشر متدلي
caCatalan
Punter penjant
deGerman
Hängender Zeiger
enEnglish
Dangling pointer
esSpanish
Referencia colgante
faPersian
اشاره‌گرهای معلق
frFrench
Dangling pointer
itItalian
Dangling pointer
koKorean
허상 포인터
ptPortuguese
Apontador pendente
ruRussian
Висячий указатель
ukUkrainian
Завислі вказівники
zhChinese
迷途指针

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank German:
#203049
01.2015
Global:
#135167
08.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank German:
#19269
10.2004
Global:
#27221
10.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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