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Article #787Re: What is advanced? (was Re: Pascal to Basic converter)
From: Nick Coons
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 00:00
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Hi Grant! > I think you have it backwards. A pointer is simply the variable to the memory > location of a variable. I assume this is common error with Assembly programmers > because they "mov destination <----source":-). That would depend on what you mean by "pointer." In most cases, if you use a variable, then compile that program, you can use a disassembler to that the variable name has been replaced with a memory address surrounded by brackets. In this case, I was right and a variable is a pointer to memory. However, if you mean pointers such as the ones used in C (it's been a while, but don't they start with an asterisk?), then you would be right. Although, an identical result easily be accomplished in QuickBASIC using VARPTR(). -- Nick nick.coons@juno.com Tempe, AZ USA
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