Pointers: What does ***a mean?

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  xxxabhash007

  Re: pointers
  
  ***a means pointer to a pointer to pointer.
  This means 'a' is pointer variable which holds address of another pointer which holds address of another variable which holds the actual value.
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  K Harish Naidu

  ok. can u give examp;e how exactly it is used
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  BCA_GIRL

  Here is the example for ***
  #include
  #include
  void main()
  { int i=10,*j,**k,***s;
  j=&i;
  k=&j;
  s=&k;
  cout<<***s; [This will print 10]
  cout<<"\n"<<**(&s); [This will print the address of k, means to say the address stored in s)
  getch();
  }
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  xxxabhash007

  Are you clear with the given example or you need more explaination.