Pointers to structs
- by Bobby
I have the following struct:
struct Datastore_T
{
Partition_Datastores_T cmtDatastores; // bytes 0 to 499
Partition_Datastores_T cdhDatastores; // bytes 500 to 999
Partition_Datastores_T gncDatastores; // bytes 1000 to 1499
Partition_Datastores_T inpDatastores; // bytes 1500 1999
Partition_Datastores_T outDatastores; // bytes 2000 to 2499
Partition_Datastores_T tmlDatastores; // bytes 2500 to 2999
Partition_Datastores_T sm_Datastores; // bytes 3000 to 3499
};
I want to set a char* to struct of this type like so:
struct Datastore_T datastores;
// Elided: datastores is initialized with data here
char* DatastoreStartAddr = (char*)&datastores;
memset(DatastoreStartAddr, 0, sizeof(Datastore_T));
The problem I have is that the value that DatastoreStartAddr points to always has a value of zero when it should point to the struct that has been initialized with data. Meaning if I change the values in the struct using the struct directly, the values pointed to by DatastoreStartAddr should also change b/c they are pointing to the same address. But this is not happening.
What am I doing wrong?
