arrow operator

From: Jason (jasclz_at_aol.com)
Date: 10/29/03 

Date: 29 Oct 2003 07:24:28 -0800

Hi everyone:

I was trying to pass a pointer to a structure to a function, where the
pointer is pointing to one of the members in the structure, is this
possible???

For Example:

struct reptile *animalPtr

foo(animalPtr->snakes);
foo(animalPtr->aligator);
/* here now animalPtr->snakes == 100 and
            animalPtr->aligaotr == 100 */

Within foo, I was hoping to be able to change the value of the object
in the structure.

For Example:

foo(???){ /* not sure what the parameters will be */

  if(blah < blah2)
     ??? = 100 /* where ??? is the input to this function */

}

I was wondering would this work? If so, what would my ??? in my
example be? How would I be able to change the value of ??? ? If this
is not possible, what how should I go about doing this? Thanks in
advance for all replies.

-Jason

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