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+/************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Purpose: Program to demonstrate passing a pointer to a scalar to 
+ *	    a function.
+ * Author:  M J Leslie.
+ * Date:    11-Apr-94
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+void add(int*); 			/* Function declaration 	*/
+
+main()
+{
+  int i=4;				/* variable declaration 	*/
+  int* ptr;				/* int pointer			*/
+
+  ptr = &i;				/* 'ptr' now contains the
+					   address of 'i'		*/
+
+  printf("i starts out life as %d.\n", i);
+  printf("             *ptr is %d.\n", *ptr);
+
+  add(ptr); 				/* Function call       		*/
+
+  printf("            i is now %d.\n", i);
+}
+
+/************************************************************************/
+
+void add(int *ptr)	 		/* Function definition 		*/
+{
+  ++*ptr;				/* Add 1 to the value
+					 * pointed too by 'ptr'		*/
+  return;
+}