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Intro To C++/Pointing to Data

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Intro To C++
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What is a pointer?

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A Pointer is a variable that contains a memory address of other variable. Pointer variable can be declared like the other variable. But, the data type is suffixed by a "*" character.

#include <iostream>;
using namespace std;

int main{

 return 0;
}

Playing with pointer

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Reference,an object in a program

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Pointer & Reference

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#include <iostream>;
using namespace std;

int main{

 return 0;
}