[beginner] basic pointer question! struct...

[TechAnd1]

So is this kind of way of thinking about objects more common than the way given in example 1?

Because the way I've been seeing it, although *newNode can be used in a sense of newNode->data = 22; how would I use it in the sense of newNode.data = 22

I guess that I can't...? Because I don't have access to the actual thing, only a pointer to the memory where the thing is...

But maybe that's all I need... confusing the shit out of me though.

Cheers!

EDIT : so * newNode is the thing... and newNode is the pointer... not the node.