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    Changing memory address

    I would like to know how to get and/or change the memory address of e.g: "int i".
    so if to say it is (hex): "22ff68" and i would like to change it to e.g (hex): "22ffa4"
    how would i do that? -Btw i only know how to get the memory address of what addresses pointers has in their memory.

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    Well, your question is kind of wierd, but you might want pointer arithmetic.

    http://c-faq.com/~scs/cclass/notes/sx10b.html
    http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/spring20...p/pointer.html

    Do you actually want 'i' to be somewhere else (why?) or do you just want to point to a different location?

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    Cause "int i"'s memory gets in the way, if i would like to have another variable's "int _4zz"
    +1 in memory address so work you see, i want to use:
    "*_4zz,(*_4zz+1),(*(_4zz+2),*(_4zz+3)"and so on..
    But "int i" has the memory address of "(*_4zz+1)"so i would like to change it.
    I dont want to stop using "*(_4zz+1)"cause it is good for looping e.g
    Code:
    for(i=0;i<5;i++)printf("%d\n",*(_4zz+i);
    Now that i think more about it, i could change the pointer variable "*_4zz" memory address instaid maybe it would be easier (or just possible)?
    Anyways... i think the solution would be pointers cause they handle memory addresses right?

    Though it would be nice if i could just write it like this: &i = 22ff68, or &i = 2293608.
    Like in "the memory address of 'int i' is equal to this"
    Last edited by tzpb8; 07-26-2006 at 09:54 AM.

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    Yes, that's called pointer arithmetic, good thinking. *(_4zz + i) is the same thing as the array notation _4zz[i], the c-faq explains that.

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