A Laboratory Course in C++, 5th Edition

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Review

Pointer Types

The pointer type is a simple data type that contains the address (or otherwise indicates

the location) of a variable of a given type.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

char* charPtr;

int *intPtr;

char letter = 'B';

int value = 1066;

charPtr

is a pointer that can point to a location in memory that can contain an

alphanumeric character. intPtr is a pointer that can point to a location in memory

that can contain an integer. Note that the asterisk (*) that indicates a pointer can go

either to the right of the type or to the left of the variable. If it is appended to the type

and more than one variable is being defined, ...