stringtopointer/2—convert a string value to a pointer  value

The stringtopointer/2 primitive converts a string value to a pointer  value.

stringtopointer($STRVAL,$PTRVAL)
$PTRVAL=stringtopointer($STRVAL)

stringtopointer/2 arguments

Argument

Mode

Type

Description

$STRVAL

Input

STRING

Specifies the string value to be converted to a pointer

$PTRVAL

Output

POINTER

The conversion result, returned as a pointer

Use stringtopointer/2 to convert a string value specified in the $STRVAL argument to a pointer value returned in $PTRVAL.

stringtopointer/2 example

$PTRVAL = stringtopointer($E.msg);

 

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