Hi uma, #include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int *a; int **b; int *c; c = (int *)a; b = &c; return 0; } This seems to work why? thanks, SMS On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 2:01 PM, uma <u...@twincling.org> wrote: > > > Hi Saifi, > > The following line should give compiler error > b = &(int *)a; > > '&' operator expects operand immediately, but not typecast operator or any > other expression. > > It could be corrected as: > > > #include <stdio.h> > > int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { > char *a; > int **b; > int *c; > > c = (int *)a; > b = &c; > > return 0; > } > > But the operation is not portable. > > thanks, > uma.. > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Saifi Khan > <saifi.k...@twincling.org<saifi.khan%40twincling.org> > >wrote: > > > Hi all: > > > > Here is a simple C code. > > > > #include <stdio.h> > > > > int main(int argc, char *argv[]) > > { > > char *a; > > > > int **b; > > > > b = &(int *)a; > > > > return 0; > > } > > > > > > -- > > any issues with this piece of code ? > > > > > > thanks > > Saifi. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]