From: Dave Bird <dave AT xemu DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Newbie Pointers
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 02:20:33 +0000
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In article <36CF1710 DOT AED0C97 AT castle DOT on DOT ca>, balboa <balboa AT castle DOT on DOT ca>
writes
>Hello:
>
>eg;
>
>Does prototype float *function_name(float *var);
>
>Is the function a pointer to the return type?


 The function returns a value whose type is pointer-to-float.
 The parameter is also pointer-to-float.
 Thus it could be....

 static float x1=0;
 float *function_name(float *var){
   x1=(*var)+17;                  //get float value from the parameter
   return &x1;                    //return address of a float variable
 };

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