Pointer issue [solved]

[kingwolf71]

I am mostly a PB user and I use Spiderbasic due to its similarity
but this code doesn't work on Spiderbasic even though it runs

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Procedure   Test(*var.integer)
   *var\i = 7
   
EndProcedure


a.i = 5
Test(@a)
debug a

On PB the result is 7 while on SpiderBasic it is 5.
can someone explain please?

EDIT after @Fred pointer-ed me in the right direction

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Structure stFlag
   i.i
EndStructure


Procedure   Test(*var.stFlag)
   *var\i = 7
EndProcedure


a.stFlag\i = 5
Test(@a)
Debug a\i

[Fred]

In spiderbasic, you need to use the structure as well for your variable, native type can't be aliased like it's done on PureBasic