Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/07/22/07:55:19
From: | "Johan Venter" <jventer AT writeme DOT com>
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Subject: | Re: Help with Casts...
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Date: | Thu, 22 Jul 1999 14:04:32 +1000
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Tom wrote in message <7n6153$eqc$1 AT autumn DOT news DOT rcn DOT net>...
>I'm am having trouble understanding casts. Let's say I want to call a
>program and it takes three variables. Two of those variables are casts and
>are supposed to return values from what I understand. How do I get those
>two values.
>
>Example;
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>int playcdtrack(tracknumber, *startingposition, *endingposition)
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>How do I get the variables startingposition and endingposition of let's say
>track #1?
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>If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate. Thanks.
These are not casts you are talking about, but pointers.
Here's an example:
int a = 10;
int *b = &a; //b = the address of a, so a = *b and vise versa
Bad example, I know.
In playcdtrack() when referencing the last two variables you should use an asterisk to
reference what the pointer points to, rather than the address the pointer holds, so, quick
example:
void playcdtrack(int tracknumber, int *startingposition, int *endingposition)
{
*startingposition = find_starting_position_of_track(tracknumber); //just
example code, use your own code here
*endingposition = find_ending_position_of_track(tracknumber);
}
int main(void)
{
int start, end;
playcdtrack(1, &start, &end); // & = THE ADDRESS OF
return 0;
}
I hope I didn't make any mistakes in that code, i'm in a hurry. If I did then I'm going to
be pretty embarressed.
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Johan Venter
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