#include <iostream>
class cookie{
public:
int var;
int cookie::*p_member=&cookie::var; //p_member can point to an int data member of an cookie object
};
int main(){
cookie cold{};
std::cout << "Type what you want into the cookie p_member variable " << std::endl;
std::cin >> cold.*cold.p_member; //take input from user directly into var using member pointer syntax
std::cout << "var: " << cold.var << std::endl; //print var to confirm that it is correctly set
}