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Objective C - what does & sign mean when used in objective c?

what does & sign mean when used in objective c for example?

int i = 1;
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithBytes:&i length:sizeof(i)];
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It's C.

& == address of

so, &i is the "address of i".

Will Hartung  2010-08-26 22:26:10

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