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Hi,
Borg (vladimip@iceonline.com*) wrote:
: How do I display variable addresses in hex rather than in decimal?
: An example:

:   double var;
:   cout << "var value is " << var << " and its address is ";
:   cout << unsigned (&var) << endl;

I'm not sure whether it is standard conforming to do a conversion from
some pointer to an 'unsigned' (IMO it should not) but given that it
works, you can use the 'hex' manipulator, i.e.

    cout << hex << unsigned (&var) << endl;

However, the correct way to print a pointer is like this:

    cout << &var << endl;

: My (platform/OS independent) books insist on using:

: cout << &var << endl; (without "unsigned" and without 
: round brackets!) I am using gcc/g++ 2.7.2 on Linux-i586.

And, guess what, they are correct! Every pointer is convertible to
'void const *' and there is an inserter for exactly this type which
prints the address in an implementation defined way, normally in hex.
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