how to find what address a char pointer is pointing to?

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I have an array of char pointers and I want to know the address these pointer are pointing too. Essentially I want to know the address of the string the char pointer points to.

I want to know How to get access to 0x555555769280 for example I can see it in the debugger, but I want to be able to print the address.

This question is not a duplicate of "How to get address of a pointer in c/c++?". — pooya13, Mar 26 '20 at 16:43

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 22 '19 at 05:05

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When you try to print a pointer, the value stored will be printed instead of address because std::cout will treat char * as a null-terminated string and print the string. To get the address, you can cast it to a pointer. Try this:

cout<< (void *) ptr2[0];

edited Feb 22 '19 at 05:05

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answered Feb 22 '19 at 04:49

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so `(void *)` will make a `char *` a plain pointer which forces std to print the address it points to and that's it? – Adam Rich Feb 22 '19 at 04:54
Yes.. that's it. – Omkar hiremath Feb 22 '19 at 04:57
does this work with reference ? int a = 5; cout<< (void *) &a; – com Feb 22 '19 at 15:33
Yes, it should. – Omkar hiremath Feb 22 '19 at 19:18

how to find what address a char pointer is pointing to?

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