Re: POINTER (What is it ) ?

Posted by ivant on
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Minoshi wrote

so basically it is just a value in a register that is interpreted as address of some other register .?

Or in a memory register.

Minoshi wrote

@x // Stores in register A the address of x D=A @0 M=D now register 0 has value x in it .So how can i get the data stored in Register x using register 0 . This is what pointer application is right .?

You can get the value through the M pseudo-register:

D=M