Understenting Pointers

#include "stdafx.h"
//Demo pointers


#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main() {
    int* pAPointer; //Declare pointer

    int* pScore; //Declare and initialize pointer

    int score = 1000;

    pScore = &score; //assign pointer pScore address of variable score

    cout << "Assigning &score to pScore\n";
    cout << "&score is: " << &score << "\n";    //Address of score variable
    cout << "pScore is: " << pScore << "\n"; //Address stored in pointer

    cout << "score is: " << score << "\n";
    cout << "*pScore is: " << *pScore << "\n\n"; //value pointed to by pointer

    cout << "****Adding 500 to score****\n";
    score += 500;
    cout << "score is: " << score << "\n";
    cout << "*pScore is: " << *pScore << "\n\n";

    cout << "****Assigning &newScore to pScore****\n";
    int newScore = 5000;
    pScore = &newScore;
    cout << "&newScore is: " << &newScore << "\n";
    cout << "pScore is: " << pScore << "\n";
    cout << "newScore is: " << newScore << "\n";
    cout << "*pScore is: " << *pScore << "\n\n";

    cout << "****Assigning &str to pStr****\n";

    string str = "score";
    string* pStr = &str; //Pointer to string object

    cout << "str is: " << str << "\n";
    cout << "*pStr is: " << *pStr << "\n";
    cout << "(*pStr).size() is: " << (*pStr).size() << "\n";
    cout << "pStr->size() is: " << pStr->size() << "\n";

    return 0;
}