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The Access Operator and the Dot Operator

The Access Operator and the Dot Operator

Learn about the use of access and dot operators.

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The access operator *

Earlier, you saw that the * character, which normally represents multiplication is also used when defining pointers. However, a difficulty with the syntax of pointers is that the same character has a third meaning: It is also used when accessing the pointee through the pointer.

When * is written before the name of a pointer, it refers to the variable that the pointer is pointing at (i.e., the pointee):

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import std.stdio;



void main () {

    int myVariable = 180;

    int * myPointer = &myVariable;



    writeln("The value that it is pointing at: ", *myPointer);

}

Using the . operator to access a member of the pointee

If you know pointers from ...