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[DUPLICATE] I try to learn pointers now, but I want to ask, what's the point of using them?

29th Jan 2018, 9:33 PM

Mszak

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29th Jan 2018, 9:45 PM

NezhnyjVampir

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A pointer is a variable that holds a memory address where a value lives. A pointer is declared using the * operator before an identifier. As C++ is a statically typed language, the type is required to declare a pointer. This is the type of data that will live at the memory address it points to

29th Jan 2018, 9:44 PM

Scooby