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**ADDRESS(**| //variable// | **)**

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| **ADDRESS** | Returns memory address of a variable. |
| //variable// | The label of a data item or PROCEDURE. |

The **ADDRESS** procedure returns the address of the specified data item or PROCEDURE.

The ADDRESS procedure allows you to pass the address of a //variable// or //procedure// to external libraries written in other languages, or to reference assign the address to a reference variable.

| **Return Data Type:** | LONG |

**Example:**

<code>
MAP
 ClarionProc                     !A Clarion language procedure
 MODULE('External.Obj')          !An external library
  ExternVarProc(LONG)            !C procedure receiving variable address
  ExternProc(LONG)               !C procedure receiving procedure address
 END
END
Var1 CSTRING(10)                  !Define a null-terminated string
CODE
ExternVarProc(ADDRESS(Var1))     !Pass address of Var1 to external procedure
ExternProc(ADDRESS(ClarionProc)) !Pass address of ClarionProc
ClarionProc PROCEDURE             !A Clarion language procedure
CODE
RETURN
</code>

**See Also:**

[[peek  read memory address .htm|PEEK]]

[[poke  write to memory address .htm|POKE]]

[[reference assignments.htm|Reference Assignment Statements]]

[[instance_return_variable_s_thread_instance_address_1.htm|INSTANCE]]