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From: ericg@ucschu.ucsc.edu (Eric Goodman)
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Subject: Re: How to declare a reference to ptr var
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Date: 8 Oct 90 19:25:03 GMT
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In article <1990Oct1.163755.20207@bnrgate.bnr.ca> gwaters@bwdls35.bnr.ca 
(Glenn Waters) writes:
> I have a variable that is declared:
>         char *x;
> I want to call a function saying:
>         f(x);
> How do I declare the function, such that x comes in as a reference var.

As said in another response, you can't have a pointer to a reference.  
It's possible to get a reference to the *pointer* using this scheme.  If 
you want to get a reference to the dereferenced pointer, you need to 
dereference it yourself:

f(char &xr)...
main(){
f(*x);
}

Eric Goodman, UC Santa Cruz

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