What is a pointer in c++

Question

what is a pointer because I couldn't understand

Answer 1

https://www.sololearn.com/learn/1416/?ref=app

This is a pretty sttaightforward one in C

Answer 2

Pointer is a special type of variable which holds the memory address of another variable .. The " Address " is the location of the variable in the memory ,

ex -

int *point=&a

Answer 3

A pointer points to the memory allocation of a variable. I know it can be confusing. It took me a while to understand too. I recommend keep doing exercises with pointers and it will start clicking

Answer 4

can u give me some examples

Answer 5

https://www.sololearn.com/learn/CPlusPlus/1630/