Indirection requires pointer operand error

Question

I got an error on the line *saveRow = row; which say indirection requires pointer operand ('int' invalid)
Here's the code.
bool validateUser (std::string theAccounts[5][7], string username, string password, int &saveRow)
{
    bool passed = false;
    int user = 0;
    int pass = 3;
    int row = 0;

for (int row = 0; row <= 4; row++) // For loop passing through theAccounts array finding matching username + password.
    {
        if ((username == theAccounts[row][user]) && (password == theAccounts[row][pass]))
        {
            passed = true;
            *saveRow = row;
        }
    }
    return passed; // Returns false if no match is found.
}

Ted Klein Bergman · Answer

The parameter saveRow is a reference, not a pointer. You can't dereference a reference, only a pointer. Simply assigning to a reference will assign to the variable that it is referencing.
bool validateUser (std::string theAccounts[5][7], string username, string password, int &saveRow)
{
    bool passed = false;
    int user = 0;
    int pass = 3;
    int row = 0;

for (int row = 0; row <= 4; row++) // For loop passing through theAccounts array finding matching username + password.
    {
        if ((username == theAccounts[row][user]) && (password == theAccounts[row][pass]))
        {
            passed = true;
            saveRow = row;
        }
    }
    return passed; // Returns false if no match is found.
}

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