A pointer-member-access consists of a primary-expression, followed by a "->" token, followed by an identifier. pointer-member-access : primary-expression->identifier In a pointer member access of the form P->I, P must be an expression of a pointer type other than void*, and I must denote an accessible member of the type to which P points. A pointer member access of the form P->I is evaluated exactly as (*P).I. For a description of the pointer indirection operator (*), see 25.5.1. For a description of the member access operator (.), see 14.5.4. [Example: In the example x = 10; p->y = 20; Console.WriteLine(p->ToString()); } } } ]]>the -> operator is used to access fields and invoke a method of a struct through a pointer. Because the operation P->I is precisely equivalent to (*P).I, the Main method could equally well have been written: end example]