Pointer holding a pointer in c++ (Derefrence)

I am quite confused on how this works:

int number = 10;  int* pointerOne = &number;  int* pointerTwo = pointerOne;    cout << *pointerTwo;  

When I dereference pointerTwo, it should be printing pointerOnes memory address. Why is the compiler printing out the value of number?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65866803/pointer-holding-a-pointer-in-c-derefrence January 24, 2021 at 11:12AM