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From: taylor@farm.rtp.dg.com (William Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Ack! No fun pointer problem.
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Date: 9 Mar 90 21:58:41 GMT
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In article <14461@s.ms.uky.edu>, sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:
> Given the following definitions, can you show me how to print "fun"
> using only "a"?  You can't change the two definitions. 
> 
> main()
> {
> 	char *s = "fun";
> 	char *a = (char *) &s;
> 
> 	print fun here
> }

#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
	char *s = "fun";
	char *a = (char *) &s;
	printf("%s\n", *((char **)a));
}

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