Re: Storing an array's subscript into a structure's member

From:
=?Utf-8?B?Um9iYnk=?= <Robby@discussions.microsoft.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:28:02 -0700
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<C693F9EF-A69B-4A33-8FF6-9EA36A64AF9C@microsoft.com>
Alex........ GOT IT !

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

typedef struct tag_lb
{
long (*pmr)[5];
}lb;

lb* create_obj(long (*pmr)[5])
{
lb *ptr_lb = NULL;

ptr_lb = malloc (sizeof *ptr_lb);
ptr_lb->pmr = pmr;
return ptr_lb;
}

void f1(lb *pObj)
{
long t;

t = pObj->pmr[0][0];
t = pObj->pmr[0][1];
t = pObj->pmr[0][2];
}

int main()
{
lb *pObj = NULL;

long pmr[][5] = { {195, 194, 193, 111, 111 },
 {194, 195, 112, 222, 111 } };

pObj = create_obj(&pmr[0]);
f1(pObj);
free(pObj);
return 0;
}
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&pmr[0] where &pmr[0] is the address of the array's innitial base address of
the array. And it mathes the type of (long (*pmr)[5])

I am still digesting this one..... Thanks again Alex and everyone else!

--
Best regards
Roberto

"Alex Blekhman" wrote:

"Robby" wrote:

The basic difference is that I type casted the prm type to a
long* type.


Yes, cast will silent the compiler, but you'd better fix the
types, so the problem won't bite you at the runtime. Here's good
overview of arrays and pointers in C:

"Section 2. Arrays and Pointers"
http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/c-faq/c-2.html

Alex

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