From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: DJGPP stack when calling a function? Please help.
Date:	Sun, 13 Apr 1997 08:32:24 -0400
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nitehawk91 AT aol DOT com wrote:

> 2. Pointer access problem :
> assume I have char string[] = {'h','e','l','l','o'};
> In C I could access the 'e' for example with string[1] or *(string+1).
> How can I make this in Nasm ?
> I have declared [EXTERN _string]
> Tried to access the 'e' with mov eax,[_string+1]
> This doesn't work also. Why ?

exactly what do you mean by it doesn't work? i have not programmed in
assembly at all (so what the hell am i doing replying to this? ;-) but
could it be that you are getting four bytes, starting with _string+1 in
eax?

   -- Sinan
 
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