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A pointer is a variable that contains the memory address of another variable or object, called the pointee.

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© 2018 Mikael Olsson

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Olsson, M. (2018). Pointers. In: C++17 Quick Syntax Reference. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3600-0_5

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