Pointer Variables

• The normal variables hold values. For example,

  int j;
  
  j = 2;

Then a reference to j in an expression will be identified with the value 2.

• Pointer variables hold addresses: specific locations in computer's memory. Pointers also have different types:

  int *p;
  

declare a pointer p of type int. The variable p can hold addresses of ints.

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