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Re: How to put a caret in a window

Subject Re: How to put a caret in a window
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.programmer
From Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk>
Date 2011-05-02 21:27 +0100
Message-ID <dd1c3dcd51.Alan.Adams@laptop.adamshome.org.uk> (permalink)
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In message <51ccf8a8d9Paul@sprie.nl>
          Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> wrote:


>    Alan Wrigley wrote:

>>> In other words, where in the manuals is written that, when using the
>>> call with these parameters, [R1] will contain the length of the
>>> string, PLUS the memory address of the string!?

>> Maybe where it says "R1 = pointer to end of string"?

> Only after minutes of deep and willingly thinking, some sense of logic
> creeps into mind.

When reading theb PRMs you need to keep in mind that they were 
originally written for C programmers. In C pointer means address.

I just checked, and I agree it isn't clear - the word pointer occurs 
in the description of the first type of return value, and is only 
lightly implied for the second and third. However as you pass in the 
address of the string, it is fairly logical that information returned 
would also be addresses.

> I'm afraid that only one thing is bright and clear: I don't have the right
> type of brains for programming.

> Kind regards,
> Paul Sprangers



-- 
Alan Adams, from Northamptonshire
alan@adamshome.org.uk
http://www.nckc.org.uk/

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How to put a caret in a window Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2011-04-25 17:34 +0200
  Re: How to put a caret in a window Matthew Phillips <mnews@sinenomine.freeserve.co.uk> - 2011-04-25 19:29 +0100
    Re: How to put a caret in a window Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2011-04-25 23:28 +0200
      Re: How to put a caret in a window Matthew Phillips <mnews@sinenomine.freeserve.co.uk> - 2011-04-26 23:17 +0100
        Re: How to put a caret in a window Matthew Phillips <mnews@sinenomine.freeserve.co.uk> - 2011-04-27 07:38 +0100
          Re: How to put a caret in a window Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2011-04-27 13:31 +0200
            Re: How to put a caret in a window Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2011-04-27 13:14 +0100
              Re: How to put a caret in a window Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2011-04-27 17:15 +0200
            Re: How to put a caret in a window pdm <pd.miller2@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-04-27 08:59 -0700
              Re: How to put a caret in a window Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2011-04-27 21:50 +0200
              Re: How to put a caret in a window pdm <pd.miller2@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-04-27 23:19 -0700
            Re: How to put a caret in a window Matthew Phillips <mnews@sinenomine.freeserve.co.uk> - 2011-04-27 19:58 +0100
              Re: How to put a caret in a window Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2011-04-27 22:15 +0200
                Re: How to put a caret in a window Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2011-04-30 17:12 +0200
                Re: How to put a caret in a window Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-04-30 19:12 +0200
                Re: How to put a caret in a window Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2011-05-02 09:37 +0200
                Re: How to put a caret in a window Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2011-05-02 08:49 +0100
                Re: How to put a caret in a window Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2011-05-02 09:59 +0200
                Re: How to put a caret in a window Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2011-05-02 21:27 +0100
                Re: How to put a caret in a window Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-05-02 09:08 +0100
                Re: How to put a caret in a window Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2011-04-30 12:54 +0200
                Re: How to put a caret in a window Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-04-30 13:52 +0200
                Re: How to put a caret in a window cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2011-04-30 13:34 +0100
                Re: How to put a caret in a window Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-04-30 15:39 +0200
                Re: How to put a caret in a window Matthew Phillips <mnews@sinenomine.freeserve.co.uk> - 2011-04-28 08:20 +0100
                Re: How to put a caret in a window pdm <pd.miller2@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-04-28 02:16 -0700
                Re: How to put a caret in a window Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2011-04-29 17:49 +0200
                Re: How to put a caret in a window Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-04-30 00:05 +0200

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