Re: Pointer question.

From: Alf P. Steinbach (alfps_at_start.no)
Date: 03/27/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:04:43 GMT

* Gregory L. Hansen:
>
> I want to check on something. For a float, f and a pointer to float,
> fptr, are the statements
>
> *fptr = f;

Assigns to the float that fptr points to.

> fptr = &f;

Assigns to fptr the address of f.

If you now do

  *fptr = 3.14;

you assign 3.14 to f because fptr now points to (contains the address of) f.

 
> the same thing?

No. 

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