From: pjotr AT wlink DOT net (pjotr)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Newbie Pointers
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 01:22:22 GMT
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On Mon, 08 Feb 1999 22:25:47 -0500, "David F. Signoretti"
<balboa AT castle DOT on DOT ca> wrote:

>Assume:
>struct item
>{
> int number;
> struct item *next_ptr;
> struct item *back_ptr;
>};
>
>Assume double linked list:
>(*new_ptr).back_ptr = (struct item *)NULL;
>
>then:
>(*current_ptr).back_ptr = (*new_ptr).back_ptr;
>
>Does (*current_ptr).bak_ptr = NULL or the address of
>(*new_ptr).back_ptr?

It's NULL, to get the actual adress of the item that holds the
pointer, use:

(*current_ptr).back_ptr = &((*new_ptr).back_ptr);

Cheers,
Pjotr