What is the meaning of * in pointer

#1

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF CHAR*B PTR
why we need to define the pointer concept
why address cannot be stored in asimple variable

#2

Hello @Bhavit_Singla,

  1. ‘*’ indicates the compiler that the variable defined is a pointer.
    In simple words, to differentiate between pointers and normal variables.

  2. I would prefer answer the next two questions together as they are inter-related.
    A pointer is a variable that stores the address of another variable.
    To understand the need of pointer try to figure out the answer of the following question:
    Why do we have different data-types? Why not a single for all of them? Think.
    What is the difference between them?
    These datatypes store different types of data and requires different number of bits.
    int - 4 bytes
    char - 1 byte … so on
    Similarly,
    To store address we need 8 bytes.
    Thus, to store these 8 bytes of an address, we use pointers not a normal variable.

Hope, this would help.
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