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Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 20:34:24 GMT
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"JANE AMBUHL" <jambuhl AT mastnet DOT net> wrote in message
news:abls3b$1cmu$1 AT trip DOT net...

> Surely
>  repcnt = *(unsigned short *)li_s;    /* possible alignment problem for
> portable code */
> or
>  repcnt = (unsigned short)*li_s;
> is what you meant.
>
> Your problem is not djgpp, but the language itself.  Your example line of
> code has, at best,
> typing practice in it.  Be sure that you are not confused about what you
> want and that you
> don't need to review the C language as well.

Thanks Ian and Jane for you reply's.

It was late last night.  I should have quite for the day. :)

The
  repcnt = (unsigned short) (* (unsigned short *) li_s);
works as expected.

Sorry for the error.

Ben

(P.S. Jane, I am a fluent C programmer from way back.  I had just
 been staring at the code for so long it didn't make sense.  This
 morning the error jumped right out at me.  Your message just
 confirmed my "brain fart". :)

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