指標變數wiki的定義: In computer science, a pointer is a programming language data type whose value refers directly to (or "points to") another value stored elsewhere in the computer memory using its address. 簡單來說 指標變數就是指出資料存在哪個記憶體位址,也就是指標變數就是一個記憶體位置記錄器,如下圖(轉至wiki)