From:	Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Question about pointer
Date:	Fri, 18 Sep 1998 11:35:49 -0400
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Walter Wong wrote:
> 
> Can anyone correct me if I am wrong.
> 

> This line       *a++ = *b++
> same as a++; b++;
>         *a = *b

Heavens, no.
	*a++ = *b++;
Should be roughly equivalent to
	*a = *b, a++, b++;
except that the actual point at which the increments occur is a little
less well defined, and the value of '*a++ = *b++;' is the result of the
assignment and the value of '*a = *b, a++, b++;' is the result of 
b++.

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