Pointer Operators
Learn to use pointer operators with a variable, a constant, and an expression.
&
and *
are both known as pointer operators. Let’s see the use of pointer operators with a variable, a constant, or an expression.
&
with a variable, a constant, and an expression
&
is called the address-of operator. &
can only be used with a variable, as a variable is allocated space in memory. Whereas, the compiler does not reserve any space for a constant or an expression.
📝 Note: Constants go in registers and are used from there. In that sense, they do not get space in memory as variables do.
Example program 1: using &
with a variable
The program given below will compile successfully, as we can use &
with the variable.
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