Pointer

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A pointer is a data type which contains a reference/pointer to the memory address of the value or variable it points to.

Pointers can be declared in several ways:

p:  Pointer;  // direct use of pointer-type
pL: ^Longint; // usage of pointer-to-type notation.

See also:

• Usage of Pointers
• http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/ref/refse15.html