#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

void count(char *string) {
    int *x;
    char *y;

    y = string+3;
    x = (int *)y;
    *x = strlen(string);
    printf("*x = %d", *x);
}

main() {
    char a[30] = "brad vander zanden";
    int z;

    z = strlen(a);
    printf("z = %d\n", z);
    count(a);
}