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From: cc100aa@prism.gatech.EDU (Ray Spalding)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: A quick question...
Message-ID: <24247@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 13 Mar 91 17:13:55 GMT
References: <1991Mar12.030759.26698@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <1991Mar12.062941.2369@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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In article <1991Mar12.062941.2369@nntp-server.caltech.edu> eychaner@suncub.bbso.caltech.edu writes:
>[...]
>unsigned char *arrayptr;
>[...]
>    else if (type == SHORT) {
>        *(short *)arrayptr++ = othervalue();  /* Declared elsewhere */

I think what you want here is:
	*(short *)arrayptr = othervalue();
	arrayptr += sizeof(short);
or:
	*((short *)arrayptr)++ = othervalue();
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Ray Spalding, Technical Services, Office of Information Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332-0715
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