A89: Re: Storing addresses to pointers


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A89: Re: Storing addresses to pointers




Hi!

> According to what I have read, you cannot store an immediate value 
> (or any non-pointer variable) to a pointer variable.

You CAN do this, but the compiler will emit a warning. I.e. this
statement will produce a warning:

char *address;
address=0x4C00;

> You can only copy pointers of the same type and such. Now, the books
> may say this, but, is there a way to do this somehow?

Typecasting:

char *address;
address=(char*)0x4C00;

> Could I do this using the asm(" command somehow? 

No needness for it.

Cheers,

Zeljko Juric