Re: [CS3304_1381] passing a pointer to a function

David Torbert (dtorbert@VT.EDU)
Sun, 13 Feb 2000 11:23:09 -0500

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Date:         Sun, 13 Feb 2000 11:23:09 -0500
From: David Torbert <dtorbert@VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: [CS3304_1381] passing a pointer to a function

Pascal despises anonymous types. Up in your type section, declare

nodePtr = ^node;

Then pass

function ValueOf(root: nodePtr):real;

-David

Gregory K Taylor wrote:
>
> How do I pass a pointer to a function?
> I've tried the following:
> FUNCTION ValueOf(root: ^node):REAL;
> but the compiler won't have it.
>
> If it can't be done....
> is there a way to reference an existing variable with a pointer?
> I'm looking for the equivalent of:
> int a, *b;
> a = 3;
> b = a;

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