From:	"Michael Stewart" <mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: Using pointers
Date:	Fri, 7 May 1999 08:42:47 +0100
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GiovanniB wrote in message ...
>
>   When I declare a pointer (i.e. int* myptr) it's possible to use it in
>this way :
> for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
> {
> myptr[i] = somenumber;
> }
>where n is a number big than biggest int ?


You can indeed treat a pointer as an array, in a sense thats what it is.
Just remember to allocate the memory.

/* C */
myptr = (int *) malloc (n * sizeof (int));

/* C++, I think this is how to do it */
myptr = new (int)[n];


Michael Stewart

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