Pointers in c++
What is a pointer? A pointer is a unique variable that holds the address of other variables. syntax or declaration of pointer -> pointer_type *pointer_name; pointer_name = &variable_name; example: int main () { int v = 10 ; int * p =& v; // & sign means (address of) variable v cout << p << " is the address of the variable" << endl ; cout << * p << endl ; // prints the value using pointer return 0 ; }
