Reference (&) vs Dereference (*) in C

C programming 1 Minute

This page explains pointers in details and can be very helpful:
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/pointers/

Two important points:

  • & is the reference operator and can be read as “address of”
  • * is the dereference operator and can be read as “value pointed by”

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