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alias for a variable

hooshdar3 (257)
Hi.
What does it mean that &n is an alias for n?

thanks in advance!
Moschops (7244)
An alias is another name for the exact same thing. I suspect this is really a question about references.

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int n; // an int variable
int& p = n; // p is a reference to n. p is not a separate int. It is 
            // another name for the exact same object - an alias.


&n is an alias for n?
It is not. &n gives a pointer to n; it is the address of n.
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