Here the variable `pb` is a pointer. It contains the address to the variable `b`. Use the pointer without an `asterisk` to output the address the pointer contains and with an asterisk to get the value of the variable by address:

cout << pb << endl;  // address of the variable b
cout << *pb << endl; // the value of the b

The pointer always points to the address of the declared variable, and if the value of the variable changes, the address doesn’t:

int b = 2;

int *pb = &b;
cout << *pb << endl;

b = 1;
cout << *pb << endl

Which of the following statements is true?

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Deeping into Pointers

1. Which of the following statements is true?

2. Output the address of x and then the value of x using pointers.