Andrew Bancroft • 6/17/2012

Pointer Pointer #1

This article clarifies the confusion around the * symbol in C programming, which serves both as a type declaration for pointers and as the dereference operator. Using a simple example with intPointer and variable i, it demonstrates how to declare a pointer, assign an address using &, and retrieve the value using * as the dereference operator. The author emphasizes the overloaded meaning of * and provides a clear, beginner-friendly explanation to help readers understand pointers in C. The article is part of a series and includes a link to a follow-up on pointer addresses.

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#c programming #Dereference Operator #C Pointers