Some folks mentioned pointers in their responses to the earlier printing
strings thread (which I still haven't got working, BTW) Pointers are always
prefaced by "This is a really really important topic in C"  which seems to
make no sense to me.  I've also written a lot of fine code without using
them, so I become increasingly distressed that there is some basic concept I
don't get!



Now while I understand in a vague way what a pointer IS, I still have no
understanding of why on earth someone would want to use it, ESPECIALLY in a
tiny PIC.  (not to mention I have had nothing but error messages when I try
to use pointers, which is probably because I have no idea what they are
for...)

So the next topic is:  Why does it make sense to use pointers in PIC code,
in what situations?

-- Lawrence

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