Dereference operator
The dereference operator or indirection operator, denoted by "*" (i.e. an asterisk), is a unary operator found inC-like languages that include pointer variables. It operates on a pointer variable, and returns an l-valueequivalent to the value at the pointer address. This is called "dereferencing" the pointer. For example, the C code": int x; int *p; // * is used in the declaration: // p is a pointer to an integer, since (after dereferencing), // *p is an integer x = 0; // now x == 0 p = &x; // & takes the address of x // now p == &x, so *p == x *p = 1; // equivalent to x = 1, since *p == x // now *p == 1 and *p == x, so x == 1