Casting the lvalue

[Scot Mcintosh]

The following seems to be illegal (at least under Microsoft C
version 5.1):
(int)array[1] = 5;

while this appears to be ok:
*(int *)&array[1] = 5;

Question: why is the first form illegal, and is there
a more 'elegant' way than the second form to accomplish
the same thing?

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