Pointers
A pointer holds the memory address of a value.
Declaration
var p *int // *T means a pointer to a T value
i := 2
p = &i // & operator generates a pointer to its operand
fmt.Println(*p) // * operatos is used for dereferencing
*p = 21
Example
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
i, j := 18, 7799
p := &i // pointer to i
fmt.Println(*p) // read i from the pointer
*p = 19 // change i from the pointer
fmt.Println(i)
p = &j // re-assign the pointer to j
*p = *p / 7
fmt.Println(j)
}
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