Hi Saurabh, On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Saurabh Sehgal <saurabh.r.s@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I had a quick question: > > Let's say I design a function with the signature: > > void * foo( char * addr ) ; , > > where addr is a string that represents a valid memory address ... > so the way someone can call this function is ... > > char * addr = "0xae456778" // assume this is a valid memory address on > the machine This means that addr points to a memory location where the string stored is "0xae456778" > > foo( addr ) ; > > Is it possible to take this address in string form, and assign it to > an actual pointer of void * type ? Yes, you can parse each individual character of the hex-format string and convert it to its integral equivalent (you can find many samples of this on internet...) and assing this value to a void * and then return it back.. Hope that helps.. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
