> >OK, my turn for a dumb C question. If I have a string variable, e.g.,
> >char myString[6], and then I have an API call which requires a const char
> >*x, how do I pass the variable myString in the function call to make it
> >be passed by value rather than by reference?
> You can't pass by value, strictly speaking, but if it's a const char* its
> contents can't be modified anyway, so why would you need to?
>
> To convert to const char*, you can just cast directly:
>
> char myString[6];
>
> APICall( (const char*)myString );
(const char *) = pass the string by value..
ie:
StrCopy(str, "Hello");
APICall(str);
this will put the pointer value of "str" on the stack, that is pushing
one 4byte integer (the pointer)
APICall("Hello");
will put the data "Hello\0" on the stack. thus, pushing the string by
value.. :)) just type casting it wont do the job :))
cheers
az.
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