What is the * for in char* ??? Big time newb question but I dont want to assume.

char p; --> p is a character

char* p; --> p is a pointer to a character

A pointer is a variable that holds the address of another variable.

char p;
char* q;
q = &p

this causes the address of p to be assigned to q, causing q to ''point at'' p

Noods:

char* x (or char *x for that matter) declares a pointer to a character.

John.

when you see something like

char* Name

This is saying that the variable Name is a pointer of type char.

The * means the variable is a pointer.

char* is most often used to represent a string of undetermined size.

for example...




Hope this helps!



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Chris Vogel
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Wow, that got a LOT of replies fast. 2 in the time that I typed mine =)

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Chris Vogel
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Thanks, you guys rule.

the ''*'' means it''s a pointer type

char* means that the variable is a pointer to a memory location that contains data of type char

search the internet for a C or C++ turorial and look up pointers
try: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

when char* are used for character strings, they point to the first char in the string, the end of the string is marked by a null character ''\0''

you should really go over a couple tutorials, cause your right, it is a big time newb question

hope that helps