Can we save memory address in int variable?

[Aesha]

If we know that sizeof(int) and sizeof(pointer) is same .How to save that pointer value in int?

for eg.

class node
{
char a;
node *link;
}

int main()
{
int i=10;
node *ptr=NULL;
ptr=new node;
//i want to store value of ptr in i or character array of 4

return 0; 
}

please help me as i m stuck in my project

[Oralloy]

Aesha,

Please tell me this isn't a homework problem. We see variations of this question crop up on Bytes quite freequently.

That said, you can transform the value, but why do you need to violate the abstraction of a pointer? I really am curious, so please do tell me what you want to accomplish by doing this.

There are a host of ways of accomplishing what you want.

union:

node *p = new node();
int i;
union {
  node *p;
  int i;
} u;
u.p = p;
i = u.i;

clean typecast:

int i = (int)(void*)(new node());

address games:

node *p = new node();
int i = *(int*)(void*)&p;