Re: pointer argument trouble

From:
"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 23 May 2006 12:41:41 -0400
Message-ID:
<e4ve07$mik$1@news.datemas.de>
voidtwerp wrote:

voidtwerp wrote:

Am I being really stupid here - I cant see what the problem is.

how can I be getting different values in coincount[i] and count?
(note that I dont think either is correct but I cannot be sure at
this stage).

// 3rd party dll header file
extern "C" {
APIDLL_EXPORT bool _cdecl ENGINE_GetCoinCount(uint CoinValue,ulong*
cnt);


And what is the implemenatation of that function? Next time post it
because it might be relevant...


I dont have access to the dll code which includes implementation of
the above


So it's part of your program but not part of Standard library and not
written by you, right? We can't help you with that.

[...]

bool Test_ProductSale()
{
uint coinvalue[]={5,10,20,50,100,200};
ulong coinstart[6];
Help_ProductSale_CountCoins(coinvalue,coinstart);
}

output:
Count 5: 0 (0)
Count 4: 0 (0)
Count 3: 0 (0)
Count 2: 235138746 (0)
Count 1: 5 (0)
Count 0: 60597997 (0)


It seems that the "ENGINE" you're using to count the coins has no
idea that coins with values of 5 or 20 exist. Could it be you're
using a setting with your "ENGINE" that only allow coins of some
specific nomination? As an example, in the USA accepted coins have
nominations of 1 cent, 5, 10, 25, 50 cents, and 1 dollar. There
is no coin with value 20 or with value 200 in the USA (IIRC).

So, RTFM for your "ENGINE". Your problem is not of the C++ nature.

V
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