Compiler Error C2100

 

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illegal indirection

Indirection operator ( * ) is applied to a nonpointer value.

The following sample generates C2100:

// C2100.cpp  
int main() {  
   int r = 0, *s = 0;  
   s = &r;  
   *r = 200;   // C2100  
   *s = 200;   // OK  
}  

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