How does this not work?!

I am under the impression that one can declare a pointer, list, and assign to it values as if it were an array. I attempted to do so, and got the error: lvalue required as left operand of assignment.

Code:

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int main()
{
  int* list;
  int a=2, b=3;
  list = &a;
  (list + 1)= &b; /* why does this not work? */
  return 0;
}

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by cjavier

I am under the impression that one can declare a pointer, list, and assign to it values as if it were an array.

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That is true but:
a) list needs to point to an array or chunk of memory first
b) even if it were, you're adding the addresses of variables into that array

The closest thing I can make to your example would be:

Code:

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int *list[2];
int a = 2, b = 3;

*list = &a;
*(list + 1) = &b;

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Notice that I had to declare an array of 2 elements.