well , i know java, but im new to c.
i came across this while learning c :
int my_function(const char *str1){
unsigned char c1;
c1 = (*(unsigned char *) str1);
}
well i suppose this code is casting from a string to the character value of it but what about the * symbols.
i now know a bit about pointers (i.e. int *ip where ip is a pointer to an integer type) but what's with this line of code :c1 = (*(unsigned char *) str1);
thx in advance :)
*str is the character pointed to by str , which has type const char . The (unsigned char *) cast tells the compiler to convert str from a pointer to a const plain char to a pointer to an unsigned char (the "conversion" itself is likely trivial, though I won't say "it pretends" or other variants of this phrase that some might use). The leftmost * is used to dereference this pointer; that is, obtain the value of the unsigned char being pointed to.
Thank you Dave, you made things much more clearer :)
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