Displaying the Address of Chars - c++

Question

So we have an assignment in my C++ class to create a pointer to a char and the instructions are:
For each declaration make sure to:
Initialize the pointer to an appropriate address value
Show the contents of the pointer (match this value with the address of what is pointing to)
Show the contents of what the pointer points to (match this value with the original contents)
Whenever I try to display the address of char a with &a , it just outputs the value stored in char a rather than the address. When I try this with integers it works like I want it to.
Can anybody give me an idea as to what I'm doing wrong?
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
// Question 1, Part I
// (a)
char a = 'A';
char * pa = &a;
//(b)
cout << "Address of a = " << &a << endl;
cout << "Contents of pa = " << pa << endl;
//(c)
cout << "Contents of a = "<< a << endl;
cout << "What pa points to = "<< *pa << endl;
return 0;
}
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Answer 1

When you give a pointer to char to cout, it will consider it as a null terminated c string.
Recast it to a void pointer:
cout << "Address of a = " << static_cast<void*>(&a) << endl;
The standard guarantees that the adress is unchanged in section 4.10/2:
A prvalue of type “pointer to cv T,” where T is an object type, can be
converted to a prvalue of type “pointer to cv void”. The result of
converting a non-null pointer value of a pointer to object type to a
“pointer to cv void” represents the address of the same byte in memory
as the original pointer value.
Here an explanation about pointer to char in output streams. And here an explanation why void* causes the value of the pointer to be displayed.

Answer 2

Change these statements
cout << "Address of a = " << &a << endl;
cout << "Contents of pa = " << pa << endl;
to
cout << "Address of a = " << ( void * )&a << endl;
cout << "Contents of pa = " << ( void * )pa << endl;
or
cout << "Address of a = " << reinterpret_cast<void *>( &a ) << endl;
cout << "Contents of pa = " << reinterpret_cast<void *>( pa ) << endl;
or
cout << "Address of a = " << static_cast<void *>( &a ) << endl;
cout << "Contents of pa = " << static_cast<void *>( pa ) << endl;
All three variants will work.