A Pointer is a Variable.

Skill/Topic: Variables and Pointers
A) False
B) True
Explanation: A pointer is a variable and can be used as an element of a structure and as an attribute of a class in some programming languages such as C++, but not Java. However, the contents of a pointer is a memory address of another location of memory, which is usually the memory address of another variable, element of a structure, or attribute of a class.
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samiksc

  • Jan 19th, 2006
 

Yes in the languages which support use of pointers, a pointer is a variable used to hold address of a memory location.

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warisha

  • Mar 18th, 2006
 

yeh, we can call pointer as a variable .it is used in some languages which supports its use.the datatype of pointer is of ptr,and not of datatype of the variable to which it is pointing.

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