Hey guys
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Truck t;
Car c;
Vehicle *broom = &c;
broom->drive();
broom = &t;
broom->drive();
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by saying Vehicle *broom = &c; what do you actually do ? what it means?
*broom is a pointer located on c's adress in memory ? Is that right?
thanks
Right. I infer that you've inherited class car from the base class vehicle.
*broom is a pointer located on c's adress in memory ? Is that right?
Broom is a pointer pointing to c's adress in the memory.
Take this example.
Lets say address of c be 0x8000 and address of broom be 0x5000. If you go and read 4 bytes at 0x5000 you will find 0x8000 written.
A pointer is like a address board of your house. It stors address you can read address and reach to right location.
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