Char* Problem Again!

I'm not clear on what you're trying to say. Are you asking how to change the value of temp in FunctionTwo() ?

Are you saying the value of temp is changed or what temp points to is changing?  If it is the later (doubtful) then the following shows how:

void FunctionTwo(unsigned char* Buffer)
{
 // don't know the implementation here
 Buffer[0] = 'a';
 Buffer[1] = '\0';
}

If it is the former (i.e. temp is changed), then you should change your check to
void FunctionOne()
{
   unsigned char *temp = NULL;

   temp = (usigned char*) malloc(100);

  if (temp!=NULL)
  {
    printf("temp = %x\n",temp);
   FunctionTwo(temp);

   printf("temp is now equal to %x after calling FunctionTow\n", temp);
  }

}

Temp is changing because you are passing a pointer to the FunctionTwo.  Once FunctionTwo has the address of the data, it can stick anything it wants to into that address.  This you cannot change if you don't have access to the code of FunctionTwo.  If you absolutely need to know the value of temp before FunctionTwo, you will have to make a copy of the data in temp prior to calling FunctionTwo.

If You mean why is the value of temp changed by changing the values of some elements in array, this is because FunctionTwo change that elements.
If You mean why is the value of temp changed by changing the pointer temp, that can be only if there is some error in FunctionTwo. Possible is that FunctionTwo try to access elements in array temp which is out of array upper bound.

in FunctionTwo you can simply write :
scanf("%s", Buffr);
or
strcpy(Buffer, "new value for temp");

or other things like that.
BUT - remember that the number of characters that temp can have (Buffer in FunctionTwo) is 100, including the '\0' at the end. if you read from the keyboard, with scanf(), beware to limit to that length (read scanf documentation on how to do that).

remark - the value of temp can never change in FunctionTwo. only the value of what temp points too (in other words, the 100 consecutive bytes). if you wish to change the value of temp, or in other words - make it point to another place in memory, than you need to pass the address of temp (&temp) and recieve a char** Buffer in FunctionTwo.

another remark - please add free(temp) at the and, or a memory leak is caused.

It is not clear what the problem is. Why do you think there is a problem, iow, what leads you to post this question?

The value of temp is altered bcos the string is passed to the function which uses call by reference...

I feel that u confuse with call by reference and call by value...

Here it is call by reference...

So any change on temp in FunctionTwo will reflect on FunctionOne...

P.S: I feel u thought that Strings are same as basic data types like int,double...But actually it is an array....So passing an array as argument to a function is nothing but passing the reference....

Sorry if more explanation(unwanted...)

Bye

Temp is changing because a pointer is being passed in FunctionTwo.Passing pointers as arguments in functions are the same as passing variables by reference and this causes change in values.
For eg. The value of the temp can be changed by:

1. void FunctionTwo(unsigned char* Buffer)
         Calling it in the main program by passing temp
 FunctionTwo(temp)

2. void FunctionTwo(&char)
         Calling it in the main program  
       FunctionTwo(temp) This is passing by reference and also causes change in value of temp.In both cases you are accessing same memory address and putting values of temp in it causing the change.






 

I don't see anything new in your contribution, hjainu, what you propose has been said earlier by others.

Passing an object by reference (or passing a pointer to an object) itself  will not change the object. The function does not neccesarily have to change anything, but it might.

Unless:
   void foo(const char*);
also accepts a pointer, but it will not change the object pointed at.

>> void FunctionTwo(&char)
A typo I suppose, should be
   void FunctionTwo(char&);
And calling it with the variable temp as it is given in the question will have the compile complaining.

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