[fpc-pascal] question on pointers

[Adriaan van Os]

dhkblaszyk at zeelandnet.nl wrote:

> I have a question on copying data to a pointer array. I'm not that into
> pointers, so I can't figure out what I'm missing here. I have included
> sample code below, and I get a SF on the line where I assign the data 
> to
> the pointer.
> Is it perhaps that I need to assign memory to the pointer data??
>
> Darius
>
> procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
> type
>   myfloat = extended;
>   pmyfloat = ^myfloat;
>
> var
>   test: array of pmyfloat;
>   test2: array of myfloat;
> begin
>   setlength(test, 1);
>
>   setlength(test2, 1);
>   test2[0] := 3.141;
>
>   test[0]^ := test2[0];

test[0]:=@test2[0];

I suggest you read a tutorial on pointers. They can be very dangerous, 
so you should know what you are doing.

Regards,

Adriaan van Os