pointers.md

Pointers basics

A point is a way to reference a variable via it's position in memory...an example

var name = "Paul"
fmt.Printf("memory address of name is: %v \n", &name)
fmt.Println(name)

// prints...

memory address of name is: 0x14000010270
Paul

With the fmt.Printf line we're referenceing name with a pointer which is & this allows us to reference name and it's stored value via its memory location. As you can see via the print out