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- From: Lawrence Sawicki <73524.1601@CompuServe.COM>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: a dump question from a novice C programmer
- Date: 1 Feb 1996 12:53:21 GMT
- Organization: Magma Copper Company
- Message-ID: <4eqd41$5nt$2@mhade.production.compuserve.com>
- References: <jyli-2801960040100001@li.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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- Jason,
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- The -> operator utilizes a pointer to a structure (specp, in this
- case) and selects a member from that structure indirectly.
- (struct member nlvars).
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- Lawrence Sawicki
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- P.S. - That was not a "dump" question....indirection and
- pointers can be difficult to understand for novice programmers...
-