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From: gwyn@BRL.ARPA (VLD/VMB)
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Subject: Re:  Function argument question
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 18:34:19 EDT
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> ... a function which takes a character pointer as an input, processes
> the string, returns and integer AND! updates the string pointer in
> the process.

Obviously this cannot be done precisely as stated.  You will have to
pass a POINTER to a character pointer, if you want to modify the
character pointer.  E.g.
	int function( char **strp );