'ctime lib, pointer in C++

tm *ltm = localtime(&now);
cout << "Year: "<< 1900 + ltm->tm_year << endl;

in ctime lib why we must use ltm->tm_year but can't use *1tm.tm_year

c++pointers ctime

Solution 1:^[1]

Because of the precedence of operators in c++

*1tm.tm_year

means

  *(1tm.tm_year)

you can do

   (*1tm).tm_year

but thats a bit ugly, hence this:

  1tm->tm_year

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