Thread: Writing to Specific Locations

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    Question Writing to Specific Locations

    How do I load address location 7890 with value A1B2 in C?
    Does it require pointers?

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    Why the heck would you need to write to a specific location?

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    Captain Penguin Why the heck would you need to write to a specific location?
    that's one of the dumbest responses I've ever heard around here....

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    >>How do I load address location 7890 with value A1B2 in C?

    int *pointy = (int *)0x7890;

    or alternatively...

    &pointy = 0x7890;

    >>that's one of the dumbest responses I've ever heard around here....<<

    Why yes...yes it is.

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    Originally posted by SavesTheDay


    that's one of the dumbest responses I've ever heard around here....
    Sigh.

    My train of thought was "well why would you need to write to a specific memory address? For that information to be of value, it would have to be assigned to a variable, right? Thus why not just create a variable at a random location and use a pointer to that one. Whats the point of a specific locale?"

    Apparantly I am wrong, but I had no clue since my C skills are not very advanced. Hell, all I know I learned from "C for Dummies"

    I'd appreciate a more constructive response than simply insinuating that I'm a dumbass (regarldess of the facts). e.g., you could have told me why anyone would want to write to a specific memory location, preventing further dumbass comments on the subject.
    Last edited by Captain Penguin; 02-14-2002 at 10:17 PM.

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    Thanks Ken.

    I guessed at the second method , but was unsure.
    The first method I'll have to study.
    I'm learning C and there are (as I'm sure you're aware)
    some obscure things that are difficult to grasp. Getting
    a memory location is easy, the other way around is just
    not spelled out in the texts that I have. This was the first
    question that I could not find an answer to by searching
    through this forum. What would you guys recommend as
    a reference to find these hidden gems of programming?

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