Pointers and dynamic memory.

Would someone be willing to discuss and explain the purpose behind pointers and dynamic memory? I understand the purpose in definition form but I want to know when they would actually be used and why they would have to be used. Basically, some realistic examples would be great. This is a concept that I am really struggling with to understand and I need to understand it for the next semester.

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Better still try:
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/pointers/
The article following this one is on dynamic memory

There are examples in those tutorials

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