“Pointer” it is one of those words that many programmers just skim over when they come across it in a book or during one of their courses. This single word is one of the most important concepts to gather an understanding for in order to be a decent developer. I, as many, never had a required course that was taught in C/C++. This was due to the seemingly nationwide transition away from C++ toward the Java realm. At the University of Iowa, a student can go through all courses without really learning what a pointer is and why its important. So here I am to save the day, I am going to explain (the best way my limited grammatical skills will allow) about pointers for all those programmers out there who are sitting clueless trying to understand or write their first C/C++ program.

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