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m Fixed mistake: a long does not hold 4 bytes. It holds 8 bytes. |
m Fixed another mistake with long length |
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Dim mypointer As Long Ptr |
Dim mypointer As Long Ptr |
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</source> |
</source> |
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This one points to the first of |
This one points to the first of 8 bytes of memory, which together form the number. |
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You can not use pointers straight away. Consider sending a letter with no address on it will not do any good. So we must first put an address in there. That leads to the question: how do we get an address. Some things have fixed addresses, like the video card. |
You can not use pointers straight away. Consider sending a letter with no address on it will not do any good. So we must first put an address in there. That leads to the question: how do we get an address. Some things have fixed addresses, like the video card. |
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