Using struct in the cast resolved the issue
Where buffer char[1200]
Where struct record
{
...
...
};
Struct record *recordptr;
recordptr = (struct record *)&buffer;
> On Sep 26, 2019, at 1:11 PM, retired mainframer <retired-mainfra...@q.com>
> wrote:
>
> Maybe you would like to show us some real code?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On
>> Behalf Of Joseph Reichman
>> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019 8:40 AM
>> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>> Subject: casting with XL C\C++ compiler
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Seems like a lot the casting I was able to do with the Visual Studio C\C++
>> compiler I am not able to do with XL C\C++ compiler
>>
>> A specific case struct * pointer the I would like to assign a char[1200]
>> via Struct pointer *
>>
>> Buffer char[1200]
>
> This should have generated an error also. Perhaps you meant
> char Buffer[1200];
>
>> pointer = (pointer)&buffer; generates an error
>
> Assuming that you simply omitted the definition of pointer, something like
> struct x *pointer;
> then the assignment would look like
> pointer = (struct x*)Buffer;
>
> While the & doesn't hurt in this case, it is superfluous because Buffer is
> an array. But since C is case sensitive, buffer is completely different
> from Buffer.
>
>> any guidance appreciated
>
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