hi...i am new to c programming.... please explain me as to why should
an character array be declared as static...thanx. ..eric
11  3227  di**********@ya hoo.com wrote:
hi...i am new to c programming.... please explain me as to why should
an character array be declared as static...thanx. ..eric
In what context?
The same rules apply for a character array as for any other variable.
If the array is in a compilation unit and you don't want it to be
visible elsewhere, you declare it static to avoid polluting the global
namespace with the array's name.
If the array has function scope and you wish the value to be retained
between calls, you would declare it static.
--
Ian Collins. di**********@ya hoo.com wrote:
hi...i am new to c programming.... please explain me as to why should
an character array be declared as static...thanx. ..eric
In the earlier days, perhaps before C99, a local array could not be
initialized unless it was declared as a static one. di**********@ya hoo.com wrote:
hi...i am new to c programming.... please explain me as to why should
an character array be declared as static...thanx. ..eric
One possibility is that you want the value to be remembered
during subsequent calls to the function. This applies to all kinds
of static variables not just character arrays. For another possibility
read 7.5a and 7.5b of the FAQ. http://c-faq.com/malloc/retaggr.html
Spiros Bousbouras
lovecreatesbeau ty said:
>
di**********@ya hoo.com wrote:
>hi...i am new to c programming.... please explain me as to why should
an character array be declared as static...thanx. ..eric
In the earlier days, perhaps before C99, a local array could not be
initialized unless it was declared as a static one.
Have you any evidence to support this refreshingly creative explanation?
--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999 http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at above domain (but drop the www, obviously)
lovecreatesbeau ty wrote:
di**********@ya hoo.com wrote:
>hi...i am new to c programming.... please explain me as to why should
an character array be declared as static...thanx. ..eric
In the earlier days, perhaps before C99, a local array could not be
initialized unless it was declared as a static one.
In C89 you could initialise a local array. I don't know about pre-ANSI
C, but that really was a long time ago.
--
Flash Gordon, living in interesting times.
Web site - http://home.flash-gordon.me.uk/
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"Ian Collins" writes:
>hi...i am new to c programming.... please explain me as to why should
an character array be declared as static...thanx. ..eric
In what context?
The same rules apply for a character array as for any other variable.
If the array is in a compilation unit and you don't want it to be
visible elsewhere, you declare it static to avoid polluting the global
namespace with the array's name.
If the array has function scope and you wish the value to be retained
between calls, you would declare it static.
A static array will auomatically have all elements reset to 0.
osmium said:
"Ian Collins" writes:
>>hi...i am new to c programming.... please explain me as to why should
an character array be declared as static...thanx. ..eric
In what context?
The same rules apply for a character array as for any other variable.
If the array is in a compilation unit and you don't want it to be
visible elsewhere, you declare it static to avoid polluting the global
namespace with the array's name.
If the array has function scope and you wish the value to be retained
between calls, you would declare it static.
A static array will auomatically have all elements reset to 0.
Not if it has function scope. If it's not explicitly initialised, then yes,
they will be /set/ to 0 at program start, but they will never be
automatically /reset/ to 0.
--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999 http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at above domain (but drop the www, obviously)
Flash Gordon wrote:
lovecreatesbeau ty wrote:
In the earlier days, perhaps before C99, a local array could not be
initialized unless it was declared as a static one.
In C89 you could initialise a local array. I don't know about pre-ANSI
C, but that really was a long time ago.
Yes, perhaps C89 already does it. In H&S5 sec4.6.4, it says that
(translated from Chinese edition) static arrays and external arrays can
be initialized in this way... Automatic arrays are allowed to be
initialized in Standard C [1], but the original C definition [2] did
not support this feature.
In Stephen Prata's C Primer Plus sec10.1.1, the author mentions the
similar thing also.
P.S. Hi Richard, why are you always in high dudgeon on c.l.c? Are you
the same in your real life? Could you clarify following doubts for me,
for I'm not an expert and do not have an English H&S5?
[1] I do not know what does "Standard C" mean in the Chinese edition of
the book, but I guess it means C89 now.
[2] pre-Ansi, K&R C or Classical C. The Chinese book does not state it
clear enough.
lovecreatesbeau ty said:
>
Flash Gordon wrote:
>lovecreatesbea uty wrote:
In the earlier days, perhaps before C99, a local array could not be
initialized unless it was declared as a static one.
In C89 you could initialise a local array. I don't know about pre-ANSI
C, but that really was a long time ago.
Yes, perhaps C89 already does it.
There's no "perhaps" about it.
P.S. Hi Richard, why are you always in high dudgeon on c.l.c?
I don't suffer fools gladly.
--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999 http://www.cpax.org.uk
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