Structure and memory Pointers

[GenRabbit]

Why will it not allow this?

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EnableExplicit
Structure Hello
	me.i
	*you
EndStructure
Define p.hello
p\me = 0
p\*you = AllocateMemory(1000)
FreeMemory(p\*you)

Tried it with you.point, not working either

[mk-soft]

Pointer inside structures write without *

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EnableExplicit
Structure Hello
	me.i
	*you
EndStructure
Define p.hello
p\me = 0
p\you = AllocateMemory(1000)
FreeMemory(p\*you)

[GenRabbit]

Thanks, in the online manual it says *ptr and ptr is two different variables, yet in structure its is the same...

[PBJim]

Thanks, in the online manual it says *ptr and ptr is two different variables, yet in structure its is the same...

I remembered seeing something in the manual about this and just checked. In the PDF versions, on page 248 of the shorter version, or 276 of the full version, it mentions that the * is omitted. But yes, you're right, it seems a bit of an exception.

Example: Pointers — from https://www.purebasic.com/documentation ... cSmall.pdf

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Structure Person
  *Next.Person ; Here the ’* ’ is mandatory to declare a pointer
  Name$
  Age.b
EndStructure

Timo.Person\Name$ = "Timo"
Timo\Age = 25

Fred.Person\Name$ = "Fred"
Fred\Age = 25

Timo\Next = @Fred ; When using the pointer, the ’* ’ is omitted