OK, thanks for the clarification everyone! > there are two operators (one taking the address of something, the result of which is a pointer, another taking a b

OK, thanks for the clarification everyone! > there are two operators (one taking the address of something, the result of which is a pointer, another taking a bitwise AND); they both use the same symbol "&". Don't you just love C? ;-) (On a serious note, I've been meaning to learn it for some time, but didn't yet get down to the nitty-gritty.)