title: How to get a pointer from a reference?
body: <p>There seems to be many relavent questions talking about pointer vs. reference, but I couldn't find what I want to know. Basically, an object is passed in by a reference:</p>
  
  <pre><code>funcA(MyObject &amp;objRef) { ... }
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  <p>Within the function, can I get a pointer to that object instead of the reference? If I treat the reference <code>objRef</code> as an alias to the <code>MyObject</code>, would <code>&amp;objRef</code> actually give me a pointer to the MyObject? It doesn't seem likely. I am confused.</p>
  
  <p>Edit: Upon closer examination, <code>objRef</code> does give me back the pointer to object that I need -  Most of you gave me correct info/answer, many thanks.  I went along the answer that seems to be most illustrative in this case.</p>