Get address of the char

Asked Jan 14 '22 at 10:19

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Back then when I was a student, &obj was returning the address of the object.
I want to get the address of a simple char and tried all the methods I am aware of:

int main()
{
    using std::cout, std::endl;
    char a{ 'x' };
    char* p = &a;
    cout << std::addressof(a) << endl;
    cout << p << endl;
    cout << &a << endl;
}

This outputs:

x
x
x

Can someone explain what am I doing wrong?
How can I get the address of a?

asked Jan 14 '22 at 10:19

Eduard Rostomyan

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Just as a guess, pointers have the `<<` operator overloaded to add the value at the address to the stream. Try casting to an `unsigned long` maybe? – Ben Jan 14 '22 at 10:21
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=> `static_cast(p)` etc. – Konrad Rudolph Jan 14 '22 at 10:25
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@KonradRudolph cheers, already read the original post – Eduard Rostomyan Jan 14 '22 at 10:26
Since `<<` found the `x` that the address points to, it looks like you *did* get the address. – David Schwartz Jan 14 '22 at 10:27
try printf("%p\n", &a); – Naseef Chowdhury Jan 14 '22 at 10:28

Get address of the char

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