Does a pointer also have any address or memory allocation?

Question

If a pointer stores the address of a variable ... then from where do we get the pointer?

What I asked was that if we are using pointer directly, then there must be

Answer 1

Look at this SO post for a better understanding of pointers. What are the barriers to understanding pointers and what can be done to overcome them?

As far as your question goes, if I understand what you want, then, basically, when you declare a pointer, you specify an address or a numeric index that is assigned to each unit of memory in the system (typically a byte or a word). The system then provides an operation to retrieve the value stored in the memory at that address.