What does * mean in C?

[sonia.sardana]

char *str="SONIA";

}

What does the above line means?
char *str--I guess by using * we can store more than one character in str.
I am right or wrong??

Please help me!!!!

[thetimmer]

I believe it means Pointer

[2kaud]

In this context, char * str means a variable called str which is of type pointer to memory containing char. When used with initialization as in post #1, the chars S O N I A and the NULL char are placed in memory and str is allocated a value that is the memory address of the character S.

[CrazyBoy]

Pointer * means ...

[Nightwalker83]

Pointer * means that the value is not saved in the variable itself. The variable keeps number which refers to the value saved memory. It is explained here:

That is C++ not C.