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Segmentation Fault (Tiny Program)

Apr 18th, 2008

Hi,

I'm getting seg fault in this

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#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
	char *p;
	*p='w';
	std::cout<<p;
	return 0;
}
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
	char *p;
	*p='w';
	std::cout<<p;
	return 0;
}

I'm sure it is due to the line

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 *p='w';

I interpret this line as

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Value at address p = 'w'

. I would like to hear an explanation on why I can't do this.

Thanks for your time

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Re: Segmentation Fault (Tiny Program)

Apr 18th, 2008

>I would like to hear an explanation on why I can't do this.
Because you never told p where to point. Thus, it could point anywhere, and "anywhere" is very likely outside of your address space.

I'm here to prove you wrong.