C/C++ question: How to pass a variable by reference?

[saturn]

Hi,
1 year+ of assembly programming really spoil my C skill. I think there is a way to do this but forget how it can be done.

If I create a variable "char buf[80];", how could I pass it to a function so that inside the function, buf can be written directly.

Thanks & regards.

 

[checkmate]

Geez ... you really need a C reference book.

void func1(char* buffer) {
...
*buffer = ...;
buffer++;
...
}

void main() {
char buf[80];
...
func1(buf);
...
}

 

[ntfreak]

By reference is actually c++, checkmate has given an example of the c method.
you could also do by reference, eg.

void cfunc(char* pszText)
{
// using c pointer
strcpy( pszText, "hello" );
}

void cpfunc(char& pszText)
{
// using c++ reference
strcpy( &pszText, "hello" );
}

void main(void)
{
char szText[80];
cfunc( szText );
cpfunc( *szText );
}

Both above will give the same results
Regards
NTFreak