C code line, pointer declaration
Hi
I don't understand this code line:
where data is an u_char.Code:struct iphdr *iph=(struct iphdr *)data;
What I can see is that we are creating a pointer (iph) to a iphdr struct, but the right side is not very clear. Can anyone explain the meaning, please?
Thanks in advance
Dedalus
If this example is too difficult to understand, you should get a good C book and learn the basics. The code is casting data to a struct iphdr * and then assigning it to the newly created variable iph.
BTW, if you mean that data is an unsigned char, then this cast is rather horrible to do and makes little sense to me. In fact, this could be the cause of some ugly problems.
Oh, and welcome to cboard.
Last edited by MacGyver; 06-10-2009 at 04:37 AM. Reason: Messed up spelling of type name.
Thanks MacGyver
