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Message: [QUOTE="Dave Vandervies, post: 2756792"] Nitpick: It's not strictly necessary to cast the pointer. You do need to make sure that it fgets converted to a void* through some mechanism, but if you already have an object of the correct type (void *) floating around with the suitably converted pointer value you want to print, you can just give printf the value of that object without casting it: -------- /*A bit verbose if you're not using vp anywhere else, but perfectly valid*/ void *vp=my_pointer_value; printf("%p\n",vp); /*leaks memory but otherwise correct*/ printf("%p\n",malloc(42)); /*Not quite incorrect, but gratuitiously wrong in several ways*/ printf("%p\n",(void *)(int *)malloc(sizeof(int))); -------- Giving non-void pointers to printf is, however, one of the few situations where pointer casts are all of correct, useful, and CLC-conforming. dave [/QUOTE]