problem in casting the char pointer array to char pointer in c under windows

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sir i created the pointer array:

char *p[10];
p[1]="hai";
p[2]="how";

i want to covert to the char*;

i use typecasting

char *a = (char*)p;

Is it correct..

how can i decast that . and how to get the data back..

Posted 29-Jul-11 21:47pm

Dhanasundhari

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-29T21:59:00

Solution 1

char *p[10];
char *a = (char*)p;

Is not right (that's why you needed to add the cast)

char* p[10] creates an array of ten character pointers, char *a creates a character pointer.
In order to load the value of p into a, it needs to be a char**:

char *p[10];
char **a = p;

Posted 29-Jul-11 21:59pm

OriginalGriff

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PrafullaVedante 30-Jul-11 5:32am

Perfect. My 5 :)