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C++ POINTER TO POINTER MULTIPLEINDIRECTION

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/cplusplus/cpp_pointer_to_pointer.htm Copyright © tutorialspoint.com

A pointer to a pointer is a form of multiple indirection or a chain of pointers. Normally, a pointer


contains the address of a variable. When we define a pointer to a pointer, the first pointer contains
the address of the second pointer, which points to the location that contains the actual value as
shown below.

A variable that is a pointer to a pointer must be declared as such. This is done by placing an
additional asterisk in front of its name. For example, following is the declaration to declare a
pointer to a pointer of type int:

int **var;

When a target value is indirectly pointed to by a pointer to a pointer, accessing that value requires
that the asterisk operator be applied twice, as is shown below in the example:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
int var;
int *ptr;
int **pptr;

var = 3000;

// take the address of var


ptr = &var;

// take the address of ptr using address of operator &


pptr = &ptr;

// take the value using pptr


cout << "Value of var :" << var << endl;
cout << "Value available at *ptr :" << *ptr << endl;
cout << "Value available at **pptr :" << **pptr << endl;

return 0;
}

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result:

Value of var :3000


Value available at *ptr :3000
Value available at **pptr :3000
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