What does * mean when I use it in C language?

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* has many meanings based on where it is used in C lanugage. If you are declaring a variable using *, then it means you are creating a pointer varaiable. If you are using * in a statement before a variable, it means you are de-referencing a pointer variable.If you are using * between two compatible variables,...
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* has many meanings based on where it is used in C lanugage.If you are declaring a variable using *, then it means you are creating a pointer varaiable.If you are using * in a statement before a variable, it means you are de-referencing a pointer variable.If you are using * between two compatible variables, then you are trying to do multplication.Same operator has mutliple uses based on how it is used. read less
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* simply means pointer in C languageSo whatever variable you are declaring in C, if you write * before the variable name, so it becomes the pointer variable and it has the potential to store address of another variable
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* in c language means it's a pointer variable. In general a variable can store values whereas pointer variables used to store memory address of a another variable.
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