When using pointers in a C program, what does the 'dereferencing' operation do?
- Accesses the value stored at a memory address
- Allocates memory for a new pointer
- Increases the pointer's size
- Retrieves the memory address of a variable
Dereferencing a pointer in C means accessing the value stored at the memory location pointed to by the pointer. It allows you to work with the actual data.
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