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pointer in c++

// Variable is used to store value
int a = 5;
cout << a; //output is 5

// Pointer is used to store address of variable
int a = 5;
int *ab;
ab = &a; //& is used get address of the variable
cout << ab; // Output is address of variable

c++ pointer

#include <iostream>

void pointers_with_dynamic_memory() {
	int  arr_size;   // arr_size can contain an integer
    int* x;          // x can contain the memory address of an integer.
    
    std::cout << "enter an integer > 0: ";
  	std::cin >> arr_size; 
    
    // value of x is the starting address of a heap-allocated block ints	
    x        = new int[arr_size];  
  
  	x[0]     = 10;  // set first element of array to 10
    *x       = 50;  // set first element of array to 50
    *(x + 1) = 100; // +1 offsets automatically by the value of sizeof(int)
  
    delete [] x;
}

pointer in c++

int* pointVar, var;
var = 5;

// assign address of var to pointVar
pointVar = &var;

// access value pointed by pointVar
cout << *pointVar << endl;   // Output: 5

In the above code, the address of var is assigned to the pointVar pointer.
We have used the *pointVar to get the value stored in that address.