MD>         char *myChar=new char[20];
MD>         setmem(myChar,0,sizeof(myChar));
MD> 
MD> The compiler will run right through it, never burp at all...  But when
MD> you run the program it just acts like it ignores the command.  My
MD> question is why doesn't the compiler "Burp" at me?  This is NOT a
MD> command in the Borland run-time library...

setmem is a Borland function
void setmem(void *address,int size,int value)

it does clear out or set to zero the 4 bytes that is the sizeof the
pointer myChar

IF you use setmem(myChar,sizeof(myChar),0);

you told it to set 0 bytes.. no wonder it is skipping over

David Johnson

 * A penny saved is ridiculous. 
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