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Tuan Dang
868 Pointspointer question
Why isnt "*letter" in the printf statement returning the address of where the variable is stored. (For example the pictorial representation at 51 seconds in the first video of pointer power, shouldnt *letter be 0X9FFF0?
2 Answers
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsBecause *letter is de-referencing the pointer. It means, get the value that letter is pointing to.
letter stores the memory address
*letter is the value at that memory address
Tuan Dang
868 PointsThanks! Really appreciate it!