Re: Pointer refering to an array of structutes?
"Robby" <Robby@discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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here is my structure I declared:
struct MAB {
int FONT_NAME; //NAME OF FONT
int LETTER_HEIGHT; //HEIGHT OF THE LETTER
int LETTER_WIDHT; //WIDTH OF THE LETTER
};
I then declared the array of structures:
struct MAB ARY[20];
"ARY" is already a pointer to the first item in the structure array, i.e.:
ARY == &ARY[0]
ARY is the address ("pointer") of the first array item.
BTW: I would suggest you to don't use raw C arrays, I would suggest you to
use robust C++ container classes, like std::vector, e.g.:
std::vector< MAB > ARY(20);
There are several advantages doing so, one of them is the fact that C++
std::vector items accessing is bounds-checked if you use the
std::vector::at() method, so you are guarded against dangerous buffer
overflows. Instead, you can have buffer overflows if you use raw C arrays
and raw C operator[] (e.g. "ARY[20] = ... " goes out of valid memory arena,
because last valid index is 19 for a 20 elements array).
Giovanni
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