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CHAPTER 5 OPERATORS AND EXPRESSIONS
(2) Address and indirect operators
Unary Operators
&*
<1> Unary & operator
FUNCTION
The unary & operator returns the pointer of a specified object (i.e., the address of the variable it precedes).
SYNTAX
& operand
<2> Unary * operator
FUNCTION
The unary * operator returns the value indicated by a specified pointer (i.e., takes the value of the variable it
precedes and uses that value as the address of the information in memory).
SYNTAX
* operand
NOTE
The operand of the unary & operator must be a left-side value referring to an object not declared with the register
storage class specifier. Neither a function locator nor a bit field can be used as the operand of this unary
operator.
The operand of the unary * operator must have a pointer type.
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