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From: Martin_Gaeckler@m.maus.de (Martin Gaeckler)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: decalring large arrays
Message-ID: <10652@m.maus.de>
Date: 24 Jun 91 12:34:00 GMT
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Hi,

> void main ( void )
> {
> char *TheArray=(char *)malloc(BIG_NUMBER);
> char  TheArrayAgain[]=TheArray;               // Is this legal?
> }

No, it is NOT allowed to initialize an array with another array. The object
TheArrayAgain is in fact an array and not a POINTER, what you need. You have
to declare TheArrayAgain as char *TheArrayAgain = TheArray; and you may use
it like an array (what you probably want).

greetings from bavaria

Martin