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From: parnes@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Gary Parnes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: ARRGH (Strings and things)
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Date: 27 Oct 89 04:18:11 GMT
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The problem is this:

How in the heck do you access data in a string handle?

I tried this reasoning:  a string handle is a pointer to a pointer which points
to a Str255 data location.

So, I figured *myStringHandle returns a pointer to an Str255.
And I then figured **myStringHandle returns an Str255 data type.

But when I try setting strings like this in THINK C, it pleads complete 
ignorence.  It says that it's an illegal operation on an array.

So what's wrong with this?

Str255 myString;
StringHandle mystringhandle;

myString=**mystringhandle;

{ computer returns: "Yo mama!" }

Caution: neophyte Mac Programmer ahead.  Dangerous when programming!


						Gary

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