Variables 'a' in main function and 'a' in test function are using the same memory location, True or False?

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std ;

void test( int a){
      a = a*3;

     cout << &a << endl;

}

int main (){
      int a = 15 ;
      test( a );

     cout << &a << endl;
}

 

Variables 'a' in main function and 'a' in test function are using the same memory location, True or False?

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Every variable is a memory location and every memory location has its address defined which can be accessed using the ampersand (&) operator which denotes an address in memory.

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