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Comment by ramchip

6 months ago

That's a pointer to an integer.

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1718627440  6 months ago

Yes. You claimed you can't have pointers to a variable. I showed how to have a pointer to a variable of type integer.

  • ramchip  6 months ago

    If you dereference it you get back an integer, not a variable. A variable is a name that identifies a value; the pointer points to the value, not to the name.

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