It's about pointer

Question

How does the pointer store data
and how to locate data?

Answer 1

please use the search bar, this question have been asked several times in the past, and nice answers have been given to it

Answer 2

Pointer stores the location in memory of the data it points to. "Referencing" the data with the * operator lets you get the info it points to. To store the data, you "dereference" it with the & operator.

At least I think thats the terminology.

Answer 3

A pointer usually stores the address of another variable.

Answer 4

Jackson O’Donnell Dereferencing not referencing a pointer is getting its value ;)

int x = 5;
int* p = &x; //& before variable gets its address

std::cout << *p; // dereferencing - cout shows "5"