Thread: How to declare a pointer that points to another pointer?

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    Question How to declare a pointer that points to another pointer?

    Hi all:

    It is easy to declare a pointer that points to a integer:
    int *ptr = NULL;

    My question is how to declare a pointer that points to another pointer, basically a pointer that points to a memory address?

    Thank you

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    Consider this:
    Code:
    int x = 123;
    int *ptr = &x;
    int **p2ptr = &ptr;
    Further levels of indirection (e.g., pointer to pointer to pointer) are of course possible.
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