It is nothing short of embarrassing to feel the need to ask for help on
this. I can't see how I would make the main control for this. What I want
is a for loop and a test condition. And while I know, from things I
pondered 2 decades ago, that a fella can write code without a goto, I'm
stuck.
/* sieve1.c */
#define whatever 20
#define N whatever
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
int i, A[N+1], m, sum;
/* initialize to 0 */
for (i = 0; i <= N; ++ i) A[i] = 0;
/* output */
printf("Primes less than N are:\n");
for (i = 2; i <= N; ++ i)
{
if (A[i] == 0)
printf("%d
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CBFalconer wrote: Bill Pursell wrote: ... snip ... ... getopt(argc, argv, optstring) ... and was rejected because the 2nd parameter to getopt is prototyped as char *const argv[]. So I had to change the declaration of parse_args to match, and that got me thinking that the argument list for main might as well match.
Which is just plain wrong. You can modify **argv. You can't modify *argv. You can't lengthen the string at *argv either.
What is wrong? The prototype for getopt, or prototyping main as taking
(char *const*argv)? It seems that you 2nd and 3rd sentence, are
semantically equivalent to prototyping main as (int argc, char
*const*argv), so I'm not sure what you're saying. Obviously, if we
protoype main as taking a char **, then we CAN change *argv (and I
think you are claiming that we shouldn't):
#include <stdio.h>
int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
printf("argv[0] = %s\n", argv[0]);
*argv += 1;
printf("argv[0] = %s\n", argv[0]);
return 0;
}
Bill Pursell schrieb: CBFalconer wrote:
Bill Pursell wrote:
... snip ...
... getopt(argc, argv, optstring) ... and was rejected because the 2nd parameter to getopt is prototyped as char *const argv[]. So I had to change the declaration of parse_args to match, and that got me thinking that the argument list for main might as well match.
Which is just plain wrong. You can modify **argv. You can't modify *argv. You can't lengthen the string at *argv either.
What is wrong? The prototype for getopt, or prototyping main as taking (char *const*argv)? It seems that you 2nd and 3rd sentence, are semantically equivalent to prototyping main as (int argc, char *const*argv), so I'm not sure what you're saying. Obviously, if we protoype main as taking a char **, then we CAN change *argv (and I think you are claiming that we shouldn't):
#include <stdio.h>
int main (int argc, char **argv)
{ printf("argv[0] = %s\n", argv[0]); *argv += 1; printf("argv[0] = %s\n", argv[0]);
return 0; }
From C99 5.2.2.1:
"The parameters argc and argv and the strings pointed to by the argv
array shall be modifiable by the program, and retain their last-stored
values between program startup and program termination."
This especially does not mention *argv.
I.e. you are allowed to do argv++ and argv[0][0] = 42 but I'd not rely
on argv[0]++ to work. I guess that we do not have "char * const *"
type for the second type only for historical reasons.
Cheers
Michael
--
E-Mail: Mine is an /at/ gmx /dot/ de address.
>>> >> I know this post is a mess and to read it annoys even myself. My >> debugger >> doesn't want to tell me anything, and while the above compiles, it >> doesn't >> behave. Furthermore, I'm rusty with polite snipping, so I'll beg >> your >> pardon. Joe
[snips everyone but himself]
/* sieve3.c */
#define whatever 20 #define N whatever #include <stdio.h>
int main(void) { int i, A[2*N + 1], index, sum;
I endeavor to take keystrokes and have the prog create the memory at
runtime.
My first problem is that I'm unaware of how to get an integer without having
to build them from chars and then first principles. I can recall no such
K&R
exercise. Let's assume, however that we have an N from the keyboard that
happens to equal 20.
p = malloc( (N + 1) * sizeof(int));
is what I want to write.
Well, it doesn't look like this sieve is going to work tonight nearly as
well
as that 4 by 6 region behind the Redwing's goalie did. One thing that
would help me to know what this code says is having a debugger that is aware
of any executable. Any help is appreciated. Joe This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics |
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