From: Ned Ulbricht <nedu AT ee DOT washington DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Pointer problems!!
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 02:37:52 -0800
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Richard Chappell wrote:

> My problem is the following:
> ============================
> this is my sample program...
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> typedef struct
> {
>         int za;
> } mystruct;
> 
> int main()
> {
>  mystruct a[2];
>  mystruct b;
>  mystruct *p,*p2;
> 
>  a[0].za=98;
>  a[1].za=99;
>  b.za=5;
>  *p=b;     // for this one I get a SIGSEGV error

p is an uninitialized automatic veriable so it can contain any value,
therefore *p could be anywhere in memory

>  p2=a[0]; // for this one I get a 'incompatible types in assignment'
>                //                       error

p2 is a pointer
a[0] is a mystruct

> 
> printf("%d %d",p->za,p2->za);
> 
>  return(0);
> }

As Nate keeps pointing out in posts to other people, basic c/c++
questions belong in one of the c or c++ ng's.  (Of course, Nate's been
posting to this ng a lot longer than I have, so he can get away with
saying that :).
-- 
Ned Ulbricht
mailto:nedu AT ee DOT washington DOT edu