reference vs pointer parameter

[slow reef]

What is the difference between passing in &X and *X to a function? *X is some pointer to a variable and &X also means somewhat the same thing since it’s a “reference” right?

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[spice tundra]

#1013107104678162544 or #cpp-help-text

Also please properly format your question

Right now a few * are interpreted as formatting characters leading to stuff like this:

[slow reef]

Ohhh my apologies didn’t know it did that

Is this not a thing in C?

[spice tundra]

references? No, they're not a thing in C

ah wait!

[spice tundra]

When you said "passing in [...] to a function".
Did you mean it like so:

void f(int& x);
```or just that when you pass a variable to a function you either do
```c
f(x);
```or 
```c
f(&x);
```?

[slow reef]

Ohhh

Yes sorry

I didn’t know they weren’t a thing in C

[rugged shell]

So in a nutshell, a pointer points to the first byte instead of the entire amount of bytes?

And a &value would refer to the memory location?

And this is why referring changes the value of the location?

[spice tundra]

what?

References aren't a thing in C, the question itself didn't make sense to begin with.
No clue what that comment of yours is supposed to mean

[rugged shell]

Sorry I have returned back to monke, rejected humanity.

I think I have an issue with terminology here