pointers

Question

Normally in C++ (as my understanding), a pointer is a integer variable to store an address.. But we write ..
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

void LOG (const char* message){
cout << message << endl;
}

int main()
{
LOG ("Hello World!");
}
how this is possible (assigning string value to a pointer)?

Answer 1

rudolph flash, Martin Taylor my problem is value is assigned without any dereference.. am I wrong?