Is Pointer Variable also Assigned a Memory Address?

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Published on 2008-11-30T21:33:44Z Indexed on 2010/05/02 20:48 UTC
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In C++:

On stack, a simple variable is assigned a memory address so that we can use pointer to contain this memory to point to it; then is a pointer also assigned a memory address? if yes, we can have pointer of pointers now?

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