Reference (&) vs Dereference (*) in C

Devansh Ramen C programming November 18, 2012November 30, 2012 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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Published November 18, 2012November 30, 2012

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