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Article #223Stupid Answer. (Re: Stupid question: What does ** mean?)
From: Darcy Brockbank
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:40
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:40
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In article <1992Jul23.135419.7435@cs.mcgill.ca> samurai@uriel.cs.mcgill.ca (Darcy Brockbank) writes: > In article <1992Jul22.225838.13892@vlsisj.uucp> smadsen@leland.Stanford.EDU > (Steve Madsen) writes: > > Here's an easy one. . .I'm stumped by the double asterisk declaration, for > example: > > > > (int **) > > > > I've tried to locate it in Chapter 3, 6 and 7 of NextStep Concepts, as well > as two > > different C manuals, so it's not a pure RTFM question (I hope). . . > > > > Thanks!! > > > > Steve Madsen > > It's called a pointer-pointer, or a double pointer. Look out for > these guys as well: triple pointers! > > So i[][] implies that i is a pointer-pointer to an int. A &i is a This is not correct!!!!! Sorry!!! - db -- ------- I always thought that NeXTStep was very good in its approach to color since the tasteless are protected from their own stupidity. -- Jason Breckenridge (I know Jason, Jason is a close personal friend of mine, and I am not Jason!)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!homer.cs.mcgill.ca!news From: samurai@uriel.cs.mcgill.ca (Darcy Brockbank) Subject: Stupid Answer. (Re: Stupid question: What does ** mean?) Message-ID: <1992Jul24.154043.9535@cs.mcgill.ca> Sender: news@cs.mcgill.ca (Netnews Administrator) Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada References: <1992Jul23.135419.7435@cs.mcgill.ca> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:40:43 GMT Lines: 33