Question

I have this struct:

typedef struct Grades {
int  grade1;
int  grade2;
int  grade3;
int  grade4;
int  grade5;
}

I created a pointer to a Grades struct using

struct Grades   *pointer;

and I have a function() that returns a (void *) pointer to a specific Grades struct.

How do I set my pointer to that specific struct using the (void *) pointer?

I was thinking:

pointer = &function();

but that gives me an error: “‘&’ requires l-value

Any ideas? And by the way, I can’t modify the function so…

Answer 1

If function() returns a pointer, you should be able to just do

pointer = function();