From:	Jack Klein <jackklein AT spamcop DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: Pointers (Differencing)
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On 10 Sep 2001 01:13:15 GMT, wcount12 AT aol DOT com (WCount12) wrote in
comp.os.msdos.djgpp:

> Im getting some garbage data when differencing two pointers
> that point to the same array.  What is confusing me is that
> of the 57709 entries in the array, garbage data is in only 728 
> records.  The others are correct.  If I step through and locate
> one such error, I can see no reason why im getting garbage,
> it should return something like 52, instead I get 566884.
> 
> Id post the code but its a large program.
> 
> Here is what im basically doing.
> 
> answer = ptr1 - ptr2 
> 
> where ptr1 & ptr2 are pointers to the 
> same array.  The array is of the Long data type.
> 
> Any suggestions appreciated
> 
> Thanks
> Paul 

Your explanation of your problem is not very clear.  Post the smallest
possible code snippet that illustrates your problem.  

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