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How to bind the asterisk operator

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How to bind the asterisk operator

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- [Instructor] The two operators associated with pointers in the C language are the ampersand and the asterisk. Of the two, the asterisks can be the most confusing. The ampersand was covered in another movie. Our topic here is the asterisk. The unary asterisk operator underscores the split personality of the C language pointer. Yes, it's part of the confusion. The operator is used to declare a pointer variable but after that, it may or may not appear next to the pointer variable name. When the asterisk is used, the pointer references the value at the location. Here, pointer variables a and b are used as values. When the asterisk is absent, the pointer refers to a memory location. Here, pointer variables a and b are used as memory locations. The problem comes when you try to manipulate a pointer. Does the asterisk bind to the variable tighter than the increment operator, or to put it another way, does this operation…

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