C++ pointer to objects

Question

In C++ do you always have initialize a pointer to an object with the new keyword?

Or can you just have this too:

MyClass *myclass;

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Answer 1

Simple solution for cast pointer to object

Online demo

class myClass
{
  public:
  void sayHello () {
    cout << "Hello";
  }
};

int main ()
{
  myClass* myPointer;
  myClass myObject = myClass(* myPointer); // Cast pointer to object
  myObject.sayHello();

  return 0;
}