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  1. Path: leroy.cc.uregina.ca!ibp2
  2. From: ibp2@leroy.cc.uregina.ca (Chris Gerber)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
  4. Subject: Re: accessing structures via pointers
  5. Date: 12 Apr 1996 20:44:59 GMT
  6. Organization: University of Regina
  7. Message-ID: <4kmfcb$g46@sue.cc.uregina.ca>
  8. References: <1996Apr8.144012.25767@leeds.ac.uk>
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  11.  
  12. > I need something like
  13. > printf("the group name is %s\n",tempgroup.gr_name);
  14. > but that doesnt work because tempgroup is a pointer. 
  15. > How do I do this?
  16.  
  17. Two ways at least:
  18.  
  19. (*tempgroup).gr_name
  20.  
  21. __or__
  22.  
  23. tempgroup->gr_name
  24. -chris
  25.