Is primitive assigned a memory address?

Question

I am trying to understand the process of declaration and assignment of a primitive type at the back stage.

1. int i;
2. i = 3;

Answer 1

Assuming you're talking about C or C++ (I can't tell), yes. You can access the address like so:

int i = 3;

int *k = &i; // k now is a pointer to i

*k = 4; // assigns the value k points to (i) to 4, i is now 4