Integer pointer to char array

Question

I am working on an application (C ++ language on visual studio) where all strings refer to integer pointers.

For example, the class I'm using has this integer pointer to data and a size variable.

{
    ..
    ..
    unsigned short int *pData;
    int iLen
}

I'd like to know

• Are there any advantages to using a pointer intinstead of a pointer char?

  After thinking a lot, I suspect that the reason may be preventing the application from crashing, which could happen if the char pointer is used without null termination. But I'm not 100% sure.

• During debugging, how can we check the contents of a pointer where the contents are an array or a char string (in Visual Studio).

  I can only see the address when checking the contents during debugging. Because of this, I have difficulty debugging.

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{

..

..

unsigned int * pData;

int iLen

}

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Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

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object->pData