How to prevent /* from creating a comment block?

Question

I'm trying to print out the following:

cout << *pointer1/*pointer2 << endl;

However, because /* opens a comment block, everything past /* is treated as a comment. The solution I've come up so far is this:

int tempPointer = *pointer;
cout << *pointer1/tempPointer << endl;

This works but isn't very elegant.

Is there a way to prevent /* from creating a comment block in this instance?

Answer 1

Just add a space or put the pointer dereference in brackets. (This also improves readability.)

cout << *pointer1 / *pointer2 << endl;

or

cout << *pointer1/(*pointer2) << endl;