Thread: Unsure of this Quiz Question on Pointers Created by Alex

Remember a pointer IS an address, well a value interpreted as an address. So the pointer a holds the address of var.

You can discount D. We have no idea what the function address does. C is the address of the pointer. B is var, the object being pointed at. A is the right answer. A holds the address of var. I think you read the question wrongly. See these one letter variable names are confusing. Let's reword the question....

Which of the following gives the memory address of a variable pointed to by the pointer ptr?
A. ptr;
B *ptr;
C &ptr;
D address(ptr);

See now?

That makes sense. Have to keep repeating to myself that a pointer is an address.

After reading my 2 book chapters twice, reading Alex's tutorial, and watching some videos, I'm at this phase described by Alex, but seem to be learning to handle the operators better:

"Pointersmay feel like a very confusing topic at first but I think anyone can come toappreciate and understand them. If you didn't feel like you absorbed everythingabout them, just take a few deep breaths and re-read the lesson. You shouldn'tfeel like you've fully grasped every nuance of when and why you need to usepointers, though you should have some idea of some of their basic uses. "