Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-vgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!brl-vgr!ron From: ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie ) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: valid program? Message-ID: <3323@brl-vgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 6-Apr-84 16:28:36 EST Article-I.D.: brl-vgr.3323 Posted: Fri Apr 6 16:28:36 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Apr-84 06:14:48 EST References: <162@boulder.UUCP> Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 12 No. &(expr) is not an lvalue. Lvalues are from the set of identifer primary[expression] lvalue.identifier primary->identifier *expression (lvalue) You will note that "& thingy" is not one of them. So you are syntactically incorrect. -Ron