Hello, Is it possible to increment a void pointer by uint8_t, then re-cast the pointer to uint16_t variable? Something similar to the following. void buffer[20]; void * ptr = &buffer[0]; uint16_t lg = 64000; ((uint16_t)((uint8_t*)ptr+2)) = lg; Thanks, -diesel

Increment void pointer by uint8_t,then recast to uint16_t?

system May 10, 2012, 7:31pm 3

Just curious WHY one would want to do this?

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