Pointers and & in C++

Question

Can someone explain what they are, how they're used and what's their primary purpose in a program?

Answer 1

better to read this. http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/pointers/

Pointers are a fairly big topic and I doubt I could do them justice with the limited space available here.

Answer 2

Tge course is pretty good in understanding basics tho...