Pointers

[Netalt]

Hey, I've been playing around with C++ for a few weeks however I seem to be doing something wrong with pointers still.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
main(){
int age;
int *data;

*data &= age;
cout<<"How old are you?\n";
cin>>*data;
cin.get();
cout<<"you are " <<*data<< " years old!";
cin.get();
cout<<"I repeat you are " <<age<< " years old!!";
cin.get();
}

I wanted to see if it did actually store the data correctly in both the original integer and the pointer however it seems to only store the input in the pointer and the age simply displays a random big number. Could anyone 'point' me in the right direction here

Thanks.

[grumpy]

Change the line

*data &= age;

to

data = &age;

This will make the pointer data contain the address of age.

[Netalt]

Ah yes, thanks for the help!

[Elysia]

Main must return int. As it is, this code won't/shouldn't compile. Everything must have a return code in C++. Omitting it is illegal.