Accessing a pointer object member variable

[roman5555]

Hello,

I am wondering what is the difference between





ptr->age = 11;


and


(*ptr).age = 11;

using the class

class person
{
public:

int age = 8;
int gender;
};

[LB]

One will wear out your dash key faster, the other will wear our your 8, 9, and 0 keys faster.

[MiiNiPaa]

As LB said, the only difference is what keys you press. Standard defines one in terms of other:

The expression E1->E2 is converted to the equivalent form (*(E1)).E2;