how to dereference a pointer c code example
Example 1: pointer dereference
int x = 5;
int *p = &x;
x = x + 4;
x = *p + 4;
*p = *p + 4;
cout << x; //Output is 17
Example 2: c++ dereference a pointer
int number;
int value;
int * pNumber;
number = 5;
pNumber = &number;
assert(pNumber); // check before dereferenceing to prevent errors
value = *pNumber // Use * to dereference the pointer