delphi pointer question

Yeah, you can do that -- just make it a type first:

type
  TBlah = array[1..3] of Integer; 
var
  p: ^TBlah; 

To be honest, I don''t know why it doesn''t let you do it directly though. Now, the next question is: what are you trying to do? There''s usually a more direct way than using pointers. If you''re wanting to dynamically allocate memory then just use a dynamic array instead of GetMem/New/FreeMem/Dispose, since it''s less error-prone.

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It''s for school, you had to do it this way. And now i know what i did wrong. Thank you very much. maybe we learn the others ways also. I hope

i have this type

tWijzer = ^tRecord;
tRecord = RECORD
kar : char;
next : tWijzer;
END;

en this procedure for making a linked list from a string but i am doing something wrong and can find it.

var i : integer;
begin
i := 0;
new(lijst);
lijst^.kar := edtString.text;
for i := 1 to length(edtString.text) do
begin
***HERE ITS WRONG how do i fill the next??
lijst^.next := new(lijst);
end
end;

I''m not sure I entirely understand your problem, but I think this maybe what you''re looking for:

var
  j: Integer;
  first, current: tWijzer;
begin
  if (Length(edtString.text) > 0) then begin
    New(first);
    current := first;
    current^.kar := edtString.text[1];
    for j := 2 to Length(edtString.text) do begin 
      New(current^.next);
      current := current^.next;   
      current^.kar := edtString.text[j];
    end;
    current^.next := nil;
  end;
end; 

first will point to the first item in the linked list.

P.S. It is conventional to name pointer types with an initial letter ''P'', i.e. type PThing = ^TThing;

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Thanx it works that was what i was looking for and also thanx for the naming tip. I will change the names.