# Pointer help

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pointer-help/300769
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [November 27, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pointer-help/300769 "2009-11-27T01:53:39Z")
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### Author: ![wo1olf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/278dde/32.png) [@wo1olf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wo1olf)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pointer-help/300769/1 "2009-11-27T01:53:39Z")

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so i have an initial pointer (char\*) to a block of memory, now i want to add to it another block of memory but without erasing its existing content. (like in the operation ptr1 += ptr2; where type of ptr1 and ptr2 is char\*)  
How can i do it ?  
thnks