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--- cplusplus:pointers_1 [2019/03/11 19:44] – [Pointer operators] mithat
+++ cplusplus:pointers_1 [2019/03/28 16:24] (current) – [Pointer operators] mithat
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 === Indirection/dereferencing operator ===
-The **indirection** or **dereferencing** operator, ''*'', returns the value of what its operand points to. For example, if ''myPtr'' points to variable ''y'', ''*myPtr'' returns the value stored in ''y''.
+The **indirection** or **dereferencing** operator, ''*'', accesses the value of what its operand points to. For example, if ''myPtr'' points to variable ''y'', ''*myPtr'' returns the value stored in ''y''.
 <code cpp>
 int y = -1;       // declare y and initialize its value