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Asterisks. How do they work?

No, seriously, who invented asterisks?
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René Goscinny, duh.


ah, beat me too it.
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Asterisks. How do they work?
Here's an easy demonstration of how they work.

For example:

int x = 10;

int *xPrt = &x;

x has the value 10

xPrt shows to the memory address of x,it's a pointer to x.

* is used before a variable name to declare a pointer.

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I like to think of them as sarcasm-tinged quotation marks, of a sort. For example- 'yes honey, I'd *love* to hear what so & so told you today...'

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René Goscinny, duh.


that was the greatest game EVER!
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that was the greatest game EVER!
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We're talking about the comics!
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"I only regret that I have but one asterisk for my country."

This from my high school history teacher...
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We're talking about the comics!
did you ever play the game for Sega Gamegear? It was nothing short of awesome.
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did you ever play the game for Sega Gamegear? It was nothing short of awesome.
Was it something with grappling hook arms?
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FWIW, this thread was supposed to have 4 astericks in the title (like this: ****?). it was supposed to look as if this threads titles was an obsence word that was filtered.


But then I heard JT loading the B&Cannon and changed it.


Also, this thread was (i'm pretty sure) posted following Bacardi 151. The fact that it isn't a total disaster is either a testament to my metabolism or my ability to operate well in difficult circumstances.

Either way, I had a fun weekend.
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Hum, dunno who invented it but I use it to look for lost pr0n in my PC... Search-> *.jpg

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Only time I've ever used them is for making an action when using messenger/aim etc. (a lot of the time for RP) or when I get on messenger I'm sometimes greeted with *glomps* from certain people XD
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Asterisks. How do they work?
miracles.

just like magnets.
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They work like so:

Barry Bonds*

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They work like so:

Barry Bonds*

*- He cheated.
I thought he just used Steroids....
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