Why char* why not always in* since it always store address

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why char* why not always in* since it always store address

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correction : int * instead of in*

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The address of a variable ( int, char or otherwise) is not an integer value. The data type mentioned at the time of declaration of a pointer is the data type of the variable it points to and not the pointer itself. So, for char variable char* is used and not int*