let''s say I have a pointer to some bytes BYTE * pmyBytes; int * pmyInt; and let''s say the address is "101" How do I read data off of the memory that pointer points to? pmyInt = (int *)pmyBytes; //This should read 4 bytes from address "101" on right? Now let''s say I want to start reading from address "105" ... how would I do that?

I think you can use pmyBytes++ to increase where pmyBytes points to. Or you can use pmyBytes[Offset].

If you want to the the value contained at a pointers address, use the ''*'' operator.
Example:

int *iPtr;
int iVar;
int iVar2;

iVar=4;
iPtr=iVar;
iVar2=*iPtr;
//^would set iVar=iVar2

As for your situation, I *think* something like this would work:

iSomeIntYouDeclared=*(int)pmyBytes;

The thing you have now would set pmyInt to the _location_ of whatever pmyBytes points to. ...I think.

If something is at address 101 and you wanted to read something at address 105, you''d have to do something like: iVar=*(pBytes+4);

Out of curiosity, what exactly are you trying to do?

Btw, I''m fairly sure I missed something, or posted an inacurracy or two. Hopefully someone will correct me.

A. Buza, whenever you sign a pointer to a variable you must use the address of operator "&" thus:

int *iPtr;
int iVar;
int iVar2;

iVar=4;
iPtr=&iVar
iVar2=*iPtr;

But anyways back to my situation. What I''m trying to do is that, open a file and read everything in a pointer to a memory block. Then, read the information from the pointer.

quote:
BYTE *pmyBytes;
int *pmyInt;

and let''s say the address is "101"
How do I read data off of the memory that pointer points to?

pmyInt = (int *)pmyBytes; //This should read 4 bytes from address "101" on right?

Not exactly, but this will do it:

*pmyInt = *(int *)pmyBytes;

What you''re doing above, is setting the pointer pmyInt to point to the exact memory location that pmyBytes is pointing to (101 that is).

quote:
Now let''s say I want to start reading from address "105" ... how would I do that?

The following should do it:

*pmyInt = *++((int *)pmyBytes);

pmyBytes is a pointer to a byte, but once you typecast it, the compiler treats it as a pointer to an integer. That''s why when you do ++ it increases the address of where pmyBytes is pointing to by 4 (size of integer in windows), and not by 1 (size of byte).

Hope this makes things a bit clearer!

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