This will show You about simple using pointer in C.
#include<stdio.h> int main(void){ int y, x = 87; int *px; px = &x; y = *px; printf("Giving x = 87 (integer)\n"); printf("px = &x;\n"); printf("y = *px;\n\n"); printf("Address of x = %p\n", &x); printf("Content of px = %p\n", px); printf("Content of x = %d\n", x); printf("Value that being pointed by px = %d\n", *px); printf("Value of y = %d\n", y); return 0; }