Uninitiallized Local Variable Used

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Warning 1 warning C4700: uninitialized local variable '_packet' used

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char *_packet;
	TCPHEADER *tcp_header = (TCPHEADER *)_packet;
	BYTE flags = ( ntohs(tcp_header->info_ctrl) & 0x003F );

Posted 18-Sep-11 20:24pm

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Prerak Patel · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-18T20:26:00

You have not initialized _packet, means not assigned any value to _packet, before using it for assignment.

Posted 18-Sep-11 20:26pm

Updated 18-Sep-11 20:27pm

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Member 7766180 19-Sep-11 14:43pm

Thank you! It worked perfectly!

Prerak Patel 19-Sep-11 23:20pm

You are welcome.