Re: Displaying addresses of variables in hex?

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From: Ronald Fischer
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 00:00

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Borg wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> A quick (dumb?) question:
> 
> How do I display variable addresses in hex rather than in decimal?

To output the address, cast the pointer to void* (because some other pointer
types, such as char*, get special treatment). To get the output in hex,
use the hex inserter:
	ostr << hex << (void const*)&variable;

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Ronald Otto Valentin Fischer
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From: Ronald Fischer <ronald.fischer@uebemc.siemens.de>
Subject: Re: Displaying addresses of variables in hex?
Date: 1996/11/18
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