what does this operator do???

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[deltatech]

This is a known as a arrow operator

It is used to access a structur trhough a pointer.

for example

struct
{ int i ;
char ch;

} p,*q;


q points to p

to access indivisual memeber of p , you need to use the arrow pointer as follows

q->i=1; this stament will assign value 1 to the member i.

I hope this helps

Best wishes

[deltatech]

This is a known as a arrow operator

It is used to access a structur through a pointer.

for example

struct
{ int i ;
char ch;

} p,*q;


q points to p

to access individual memeber of p , you need to use the arrow pointer as follows

q->i=1; this stament will assign value 1 to the member i.

I hope this helps

Best wishes

[VanHauser]

deltatech, in the code you written, the pointer q doesn't point to anything (or points to some random location in memory), it is just defined as a pointer to that struct. It must be assigned before it is used. To make it point to p, you do it like this:

[kender]

[lewiseley]

why not torture them first, with pascal.

[rnielsen]

OH! OH! I got it! *waves hand madly*

Put them in a round room and tell them to sit in the corner.