What are Pointers?
Explore the concept of pointers in C++ to understand how they hold memory addresses and reference objects. This lesson helps you learn pointer declaration, usage, and dereferencing, including their role in arrays and memory management.
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Definition
A pointer holds the address of an object stored in memory. The pointer then simply “points” to the object.
The type of the object must correspond with the type of the pointer.
Declaration
A basic pointer can be declared using the following template:
type *name; // points to a value of the specified type
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