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dereference

Following a pointer to the value it points at, written *p in C++.

Dereferencing a pointer p (the expression *p) accesses the object at the address p holds; dereferencing nullptr or an invalid address is undefined behaviour.

Examples

  • If p holds 0x2000 and the int there is 7, then *p is 7.

See also

nullptr undefined behaviour
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