In the following program I'm getting the warning -> unused variable ‘fn’. I'm following along with a book so I don't know why it gave me that portion of code if it's unusable. Also, I don't understand this line at all.
-> void(*fn)(int& a, int* b) = add;

#include <iostream>

void add(int& a, int* b) { std::cout << "Total: " << (a + *b) << std::endl; };

int main()
{
    int num = 100, sum = 500;
    int& rNum = num;
    int* ptr = &num;

    void(*fn)(int& a, int* b) = add;

    std::cout << "Reference: " << rNum << std::endl;
    std::cout << "Pointer: " << *ptr << std::endl;

    ptr = &sum;

    std::cout << "Pointer now: " << *ptr << std::endl;
    add(rNum, ptr);

    return 0;
}

fn is a pointe to a function. It is set on line 11 but never actually used for anything. That is what your compiler is warning you about -- you could just delete line 11 with no loss.

I don't know why it gave me that portion of code if it's unusable

fn is unused, not unusable. You could replace line 19 with fn(rNum, ptr) and thus actually use fn.

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