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FP_SEG() Get or Set Segment Portion of a Far Pointer (Macro)
#include <dos.h>
unsigned FP_SEG(longptr);
far *longptr; Long pointer to memory address
FP_SEG() is a macro that can be used to get or set the segment
portion of the far pointer 'longptr'.
Returns: An unsigned integer value representing a segment address.
Notes: FP_SEG() is a macro.
-------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------
The following example gets the segment portion of a far pointer and
increments it to the next paragraph.
#include <dos.h>
char far *ptr;
unsigned int seg_val;
main()
{
seg_val = FP_SEG(ptr);
FP_SEG(ptr) = seg_val + 16;
}
See Also:
FP_OFF()
segread()
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