Pointers in C++?

Question

What are the point (pun intended) of pointers?

All I know is they make certain tasks easier. But what tasks specifically? Why would I ever use pointers? Give me an example.

Answer 1

"You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time."

Bertrand Meyer

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Meyer

Answer 2

You can learn a great deal about them
On YouTube channel mycodeschool(not my channel just saying)