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From: jsp@sp7040.UUCP (John Peters)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: why p->member ?
Message-ID: <474@sp7040.UUCP>
Date: 7 Aug 88 17:10:36 GMT
References: <16734@adm.ARPA>
Organization: Unisys, Salt Lake City, UT
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In article <16734@adm.ARPA>, stanonik@nprdc.arpa (Ron Stanonik) writes:
> While explaining pointers to structures someone asked why
> the -> operator was needed; ie, why couldn't the members be
> referenced as p.member.

It needs to be referenced as a pointer.  To do that use:

		*p.member

it is the same as

		p->member

				--  Johnnie  --