Pointer Type

Pointers can be used to declare variables for storing the memory address of a variable.

You can assign a value to a pointer variable with the AddressOf function. This command will retrieve the memory address of a named variable and return it to the pointer variable.

String sName

Pointer lpNameVar

 

Move 'John' to sName

Move (AddressOf(sName)) to lpNameVar

The above example first declares a string variable. Next a value is assigned to the string. This allocates memory to the string. Next the memory address of the string is stored in the pointer variable lpNameVar.

Notes: A variable's address is not allocated until a value is first assigned to it. When string variables grow in size, their address in memory may change.

Range

32-bit: 0 to 4,294,967,295

64-bit: 0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615

Note

For more information, refer to Declaring Variables and the Pointer command.