
Basic Data Operation

This is a basic data operation. It represents a fundamental action on a basic data type.
You may see other such operations in the Basic Data Operations category, or:


Integer Operations
Arithmetic |
Comparison
Boolean Operations
Bitwise |
Logical
String Operations
Concatenation |
Interpolation |
Comparison |
Matching
Memory Operations
Pointers & references |
Addresses




Task

Demonstrate how to get the address of a variable and how to set the address of a variable.




'get a variable's address:
DIM x AS INTEGER, y AS LONG
y = VARPTR(x)
 
'can't set the address, but can access a given memory location... 1 byte at a time
DIM z AS INTEGER
z = PEEK(y)
z = z + (PEEK(y) * 256)