Pointers

Twim

Help
I would like to create a pointer that references the first element in a byte array (byte[noparse][[/noparse]0])
however I can’t quite figure out how it’s done in Spin.
The array and pointer are declared in the Var block of the spin program. The program works as expected
whenever the routine is called using method 1 but does not when called using method 2.
I have tried Several variations of method 2 without success.
any help on this matter is greatly appreciated.

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Var
·byte TextBoxBuffer[noparse][[/noparse]6]
·long pointer_to_TextBoxBuffer

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(Method 1)·· getKeyboardInput( @TextBoxBuffer[noparse][[/noparse]0] , TextBoxFieldsize )
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(Method 2)·· pointer_to_TextBoxBuffer:= @TextBoxBuffer[noparse][[/noparse]0]···················
············ getKeyboardInput( pointer_to_TextBoxBuffer , TextBoxFieldsize

Mike Green

I don't see why there would be any difference between the two methods. There must be something else different that's not show in your code fragments. Just for your information, you don't need the "[noparse][[/noparse] 0 ]" since the address of the array is that of the first element which is always element zero.

Twim

Thanks Mike
Ill take another look.