how do I declare a constant as a variable of different type

[Sharma Anupindi]

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>From: gwyn at smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How do I declare a Const. as a Varible of a different type.
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Date: 22 May 91 23:22:45 GMT
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In article <16435 at helios.TAMU.EDU> n077gh at tamuts.tamu.edu (Sharma Anupindi) writes:
>>I would like to have this in `C', and if it is not possible in `C', C++ will
>>also do.

>I honestly could not make heads nor tails of your question.
>It appeared to me that your main problem is in attempting to use C
>without understanding C first.  I'd suggest studying a good C text
>(such as Kernighan & Ritchie's "The C Programming Language"), then
>restating any remaining question in terms that make sense.

	Thanks for the suggestion. 
		I tried my best to make the problem as clear as possible. You did not get it.
Any way I will try explain it once again ( though i really do not see any point in explaining
it once again to u).

	I read a string ( which is unknown prior to readig ) into character variable.
like:
	char name[30];
	fsacnf(fp,"%s",name);
Now I want to declare the string I have read from the file as a different variable.
Ex:
 If my file contains the string "Mr.Brilliant", then name will contain the same 
string.
Now I want to declare "Mr.Brilliant" as a integer, for further use in the program.
And I wanted to know how to do that.

If u still donot get it, I am sorry for u and also for myself.

Sharma.