From:	"Steve Dondley" <stevedondley AT mediaone DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Type casting and pointers
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Date:	Wed, 01 Aug 2001 20:22:52 GMT
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Hello,

I've got a newbie C question.  I've got a beginner's C book that doesn't
explain something very well. Example code from the book:

float *p;
float balance[10][5];
...assignment stuff here...
p = (float *) balance;

My code works just fine without the (float *) type cast, but I do get a
warning.  Why exactly do you need it?  Doesn't declaring *p as a float
pointer at the top of the source take care of that?  The book also never
explains what exactly the asterisk in (float *) is.  I'm just assuming it
type casts the pointer.

Can someone please provide some elucidation?  Thanks!

---Steve

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