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Thus, dptr identifies a location that contains an address that
refers to a location in memory that contains a floating-point number, whereas
*dptr identifies a location in memory that contains an
floating-point number.
Thus, the asterisk has the effect of removing the italicized part of the
preceding sentence—the part containing the words refers to.
Accordingly, the asterisk is often called the
dereferencing operator.