help needed here

[dasarisrikar]

hello..can anybody help me..
i cant understood the meaning of *(int *)p=2;
so pls hepl me...wt it actully do....

[dasarisrikar]

help needed here

pls explain....*(in t *)p=2;

[srikar]

It means typecasting the variable to (int*) and assigning the value to pointer P

[r035198x]

Here is a pointer tutorial

[Banfa]

I have to assume p is a pointer or contains the value of a pointer

so

(int *)p

casts p to be a pointer to an integer

*(int *)p

dereferences the pointer that is (int *)p, i.e. accesses the memory location referenced by (int *)p

*(int *)p = 2;

Sets the value of the memory location pointed to by the pointer (int *)p to 2


oh and please don't double post