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References behaves similarly, but not entirely like const pointers. A reference is defined by suffixing an ampersand & to a type name. int i = 10; int &refi = i; Here, refi is a reference bound to i. References abstracts the semantics of pointers, acting like an alias to the underlying...

A Reference in C++ is just an Alias or another name of a variable. Just like most of us can be referred using our passport name and nick name. References doesn't exist literally and they don't occupy any memory. If we print the address of reference variable it will print the same address as that of...