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Re: pass by address

From Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: pass by address
Date 2014-05-03 15:59 +0200
Organization http://www.ieee.org/
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"Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> writes:

> "Barry Schwarz" <schwarzb@dqel.com> wrote in message 
> news:e1b8m9ts8r0etmrn2te17g36k19rsra2hp@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 2 May 2014 16:53:01 -0400, "Bill Cunningham"
>> <nosapm@nspam.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>    Now there is something new I've never heard of til now from reading a 
>>> C
>>>book called "pass by address". Now am I understanding it right. I will use
>>>this example.
>>
>> Throw the book away.  It is just confusing you.
>>>
>>>I think scanf might be like this. The second parameter by wanting a 
>>>pointer
>>>is usually passed the address of the pointee using the ampersand (In know
>>>there's an elipsis there). But a value is decalred and initialized. Their 
>>>is
>>>no pointer addresss involved. Is that "pass by address"?
>>
>> Pass by address means whatever you and the author of the book intend
>> it to mean.  While it is true that there is no pointer OBJECT in this
>> code sample, there is a pointer VALUE being passed.  The type of the
>> expression &n is pointer to int.
>>
>>>
>>>    int a=15;
>>>    scanf("%d\n",&n);
>>>
>>>See no pointer address. But a pointee address is passed. The /value/ is 
>>>15.
>>
>> What do you mean by the phrase "no pointer address"?  &n is an address
>> of type pointer to int.
>
>     Right but a *pointee's *address is passed. The a which in memory is an 
> int. Barry you are making things more confusing than they need to be. I 
> posted this to clear things up.
>
>  int a; //address of type in hold's value of 15 a variable.
> int *p; //pointer's address

LOL! Genius. So wrong it can ONLY be a troll! 


> p=&a; //pointer's address contain's address of location in memory where 
> value is stored.
>
> printf("%d",*p); // passed to printf value at address pointed to by p.
>
> Does that make sense? This is the way I'm understanding it.
>

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pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-02 16:53 -0400
  Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-02 17:03 -0400
    Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-02 17:20 -0400
  Re: pass by address Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2014-05-02 17:58 -0400
    Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-02 18:09 -0400
      Re: pass by address Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2014-05-02 16:37 -0700
        Re: pass by address gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-05-02 23:43 +0000
          Re: pass by address Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-05-03 15:58 +0200
            Re: pass by address gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-05-03 14:08 +0000
              Re: pass by address Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2014-05-03 10:38 -0700
                Re: pass by address Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-05-03 21:13 +0200
        Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-03 01:46 -0400
        Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningaham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-03 11:22 -0400
          Re: pass by address James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-05-03 12:13 -0400
          Re: pass by address Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-05-03 12:34 -0700
            Re: pass by address Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-05-03 22:33 +0200
            Re: pass by address glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-03 21:21 +0000
              Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-04 00:08 -0400
                Re: pass by address Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2014-05-03 21:52 -0700
                Re: pass by address Tonton Th <tth@nowhere.invalid> - 2014-05-04 08:44 +0000
                Re: pass by address Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-05-04 01:51 -0700
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-04 15:06 -0400
                Re: pass by address Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2014-05-04 15:35 -0700
                Re: pass by address Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-05-05 12:01 +0200
                Re: pass by address Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2014-05-05 11:46 -0700
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-05 14:18 -0400
                Re: pass by address Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2014-05-05 11:55 -0700
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-05 15:20 -0400
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-05 15:23 -0400
                Re: pass by address Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2014-05-06 11:02 -0400
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-06 14:46 -0400
                Re: pass by address Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-05-05 12:00 +0200
                Re: pass by address Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-05-05 14:50 -0700
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-05 23:13 -0400
                Re: pass by address "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2014-05-05 23:09 -0500
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-06 08:55 -0400
                Re: pass by address Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2014-05-06 11:16 -0400
                Re: pass by address Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-05-06 18:13 +0200
                Re: pass by address Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-05-04 21:06 +0000
                Re: pass by address Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-05-04 23:50 +0000
                Re: pass by address Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-05-04 12:36 -0700
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-05 14:21 -0400
                Re: pass by address Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-05-04 01:29 -0700
                Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-04 15:09 -0400
        Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningaham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-03 11:32 -0400
  Re: pass by address Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2014-05-02 16:43 -0700
    Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-03 01:54 -0400
      Re: pass by address Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-05-03 15:59 +0200
    Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-03 02:08 -0400
      Re: pass by address "Bill Cunningaham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-03 11:46 -0400
    Re: pass by address Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-05-03 21:43 +0000

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