{ANSWERED}& and *(Pointers)

Question

What are & and * before variable's name?I know a good bit of java, so if you can co-relate, that would be awesome.Thanks

Answer 1

pointers are used in c++ to do what java does automatically when passing an object as the argument of a function: pass by reference.
That's the closest analogy with Java that comes to my mind.

Answer 2

this will definitely help you :D

http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/pointers/

hope this help 😁😁😁

Answer 3

Thanks @seamiki

Answer 4

For saving memory adresses