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C++ pointers and dereferencing
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/** | |
* Compile and execute: | |
* g++ pointer.c -o pointer && ./pointer | |
*/ | |
#include <iostream> | |
#include <typeinfo> | |
using namespace std; | |
int main() | |
{ | |
// define variable | |
int value = 42; | |
cout << "Pointer\n"; | |
// define pointer to variable | |
int* pointer = &value; | |
// same as above | |
// int *pointer = &value; | |
cout << " Reference: " << pointer << " of type " << typeid(pointer).name() << "\n"; // 0x7ffcaeedcc24 of type Pi | |
cout << " Dereferenced value: " << *pointer << "\n"; // 42 | |
cout << "Double pointer\n"; | |
int** double_pointer; | |
double_pointer = &pointer; | |
cout << " Reference: " << double_pointer << " of type " << typeid(double_pointer).name() << "\n"; // 0x7ffcaeedcc28 of type PPi | |
cout << " Dereferenced value: " << *double_pointer << " of type " << typeid(*double_pointer).name() << "\n"; // 0x7ffcaeedcc24 of type Pi | |
cout << " Dereferenced value: " << **double_pointer << " of type " << typeid(**double_pointer).name() << "\n"; // 42 of type i | |
return 0; | |
} |
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