From: XXguille AT XXiies DOT XXes (Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia)
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Subject: Re: Using pointers
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 17:02:07 GMT
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El día Fri, 7 May 1999 08:42:47 +0100, "Michael Stewart"
<mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> escribió:

>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 ?
            ^^^^^^^^
I think you're missing the point here!

>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

Regards,
GUILLE

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XXguille AT XXiies DOT XXes (ya sabes :-)