Using [EDX] syntax... can I do the equivalent with a variable someway, somehow?

[cork]

Something I've been wondering about... using MASM32...

I have a variable, pNext, that is a DWORD. It contains an address that points to another location.

Naturally, to do the C equivalent of EAX = *pNext I can do the following:
    mov EDX, pNext                        ; EAX=*pNext
    mov EAX, [EDX]                        ;

I know that "[pNext]" syntax is wrong, as is it translates to "pNext", doing nothing more than removing the brackets.

Is it possible to do something like "[pNext]" without having to first move the address to a register?

[raymond]

I don't think so. However, you don't need 2 registers (like the C compiler would do :boohoo:) if you don't want to trash that second register.

mov  eax,pNext
mov  eax,[eax]

[hutch--]

cork,

To get multiple levels of indirection you need to do the extra operations as there are no mnemonics that support this action hard wired into the processor.

[cork]

Thanks raymond and hutch. This clears up what has heretofore been a mystery for me.