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+/*
+ * Purpose: Program to demonstrate passing apointer to a character    
+ *	    string to a function.
+ * Author:  M J Leslie.
+ * Date:    21-Apr-94
+ */
+
+int function1(char * array);
+
+main()
+{
+  char array1[10]="987654321";	/* one less so the \0 will fit  */
+
+  function1(array1);		/* call function		*/
+
+  printf("%s\n", array1);	/* O/P the altered array. '5' will
+				 * have been changed to 'x'     */
+}
+
+/************************************************************************/
+
+function1(char * array)
+{
+  printf("%s\n", array); 	/* printf expects a pointer.	*/
+
+  array +=4;			/* Modify the pointer.		*/
+  *array = 'x';		        /* Modify the data pointed to
+				 * by 'array'			*/
+}