Pointers are pointers, dynamic memory allocation yields pointers. new allocates something and gives you an address where it is.

Is pointer dynamic or static?

2 Answers. p1 is a pointer, it's stored in static segment (I am not sure it's the right term), the object or memory p1 points to is on heap. p2 is an object, it's stored in static segment. q is a pointer inside p2 , the object or memory q points to is on heap.

What is pointer how dynamic memory allocated?

Dynamic Memory in C. In C, dynamic memory is allocated from the heap using some standard library functions. The two key dynamic memory functions are malloc() and free(). The malloc() function takes a single parameter, which is the size of the requested memory area in bytes. It returns a pointer to the allocated memory.