TO C OR NOT TO *C

[Jon Hogan-doran]

Original to: all
Hmm. While reading through my Microsoft C Manual, under the
stdio section , it said (something like this) that getc(fd)
returned an int value .. and yet later on he gave an example
(something like this):
 
char ch;
ch=getc(ttyd);
......
 
Being only a self-taught Hacker [TRAD] of C-Source, i've
never quit understanded, or new, what happened in classes
like this; and what C does. I also wondered what happened
when:
 
e.g char ch, int i, unsigned int uni, 
 
char *getprt(); (returns a pointer to the char)
int getint();
 
E.G 1:      i=getprt
E.G 2:     ch=getprt
 
Also.. if i have an int value, does :
 
this work:
 
      uni=(unsigned)(i) or (unsigned)i
      (I'm not worries about the syntax - only the result !)
 
Also   :  char *chprt
 
no later on does 
        ... chprt=(some func that returns a pointer)
             ^-|
               Does this mean "char *chprt" or "char chptr"
                if it is: "char *chprt" then does
 
           *chprt=(some func that returns a pointer)
             ^-|
                Does this mean "char *chprt" here or "char **chprt"
 
ETC... ETC...
Now if you know the ANSWERS to these problems pleas reply !!!
1. No "I think that its...." - Thinks are know good - I
   want the whole truth and nothing but the TRUTH"
 
yr. sincrerly
 
[JON] Hogan-doran Hacked [TRAD]

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