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Pointer <strong><strong>Type</strong>s</strong>• A pointer type variable has a range of values that consistsof memory addresses and a special value nil.– Provide the power of indirect addressing.– Provide a way to manage dynamic memory• a pointer can be used to access a location in the area wherestorage is dynamically created i.e. the heap.• variables that are dynamically allocated on the heap are heapdynamicvariables.• Pointer types are defined using a type operator:– C/C++: int ∗ptr = new int;Lecture 0638
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