Consider a 3-dimensional array:
char a[2][3][4] = { "abcd", "efgh", "ijkl" ,
"mnop", "qrst", "uvwx"
} ;
when i print the addresses for a,a[0] and a[0][0] they are same.
but when i access element a+1, a[0]+1 and a[0][0]+1 they are different.
why is it so?
How does the compiler interpret this?
Is this compiler dependent?
thanx in advance..... 5 9278
junky_fellow <ju**********@yahoo.co.in> scribbled the following: Consider a 3-dimensional array: char a[2][3][4] = { "abcd", "efgh", "ijkl" , "mnop", "qrst", "uvwx" } ;
when i print the addresses for a,a[0] and a[0][0] they are same. but when i access element a+1, a[0]+1 and a[0][0]+1 they are different. why is it so?
Because of different types.
a has type "pointer to char[3][4]"
a[0] has type "pointer to char[4]"
a[0][0] has type "pointer to char"
How does the compiler interpret this?
When you add 1 to each of these, the compiler interprets it as adding
one "element". One "element" is whatever the pointer points at.
With a, one element is one char[3][4], 12 bytes long. With a[0], one
element is one char[4], 4 bytes long. With a[0][0], one element is one
char, 1 byte long.
Is this compiler dependent?
No. It's completely ISO standard.
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"junky_fellow" <ju**********@yahoo.co.in> wrote in message
news:8c*************************@posting.google.co m... Consider a 3-dimensional array: char a[2][3][4] = { "abcd", "efgh", "ijkl" , "mnop", "qrst", "uvwx" } ;
when i print the addresses for a,a[0] and a[0][0] they are same. but when i access element a+1, a[0]+1 and a[0][0]+1 they are different. why is it so?
How does the compiler interpret this? Is this compiler dependent?
thanx in advance.....
Someone else has answered your specific question - I just thought I's point
out that your array definition should be a[2][3][5] to allow for the null
terminating byte that the compiler will add to the end of the string
literals "abcd" etc. Otherwise the last one: "uvwx" is going to
overwrite some unknown memory address causing untold terrors..
Sean
Sean Kenwrick wrote: "junky_fellow" <ju**********@yahoo.co.in> wrote in message news:8c*************************@posting.google.co m... Consider a 3-dimensional array: char a[2][3][4] = { "abcd", "efgh", "ijkl" , "mnop", "qrst", "uvwx" } ;
- I just thought I's point out that your array definition should be a[2][3][5] to allow for the null terminating byte that the compiler will add to the end of the string literals "abcd" etc. Otherwise the last one: "uvwx" is going to overwrite some unknown memory address causing untold terrors..
You're wrong. His code isn't about strings.
There's a special rule that lets you do things like this:
char array[26] = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
when you want an array of char, but not a string.
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Sean Kenwrick wrote: "junky_fellow" <ju**********@yahoo.co.in> wrote in message news:8c*************************@posting.google.co m... Consider a 3-dimensional array: char a[2][3][4] = { "abcd", "efgh", "ijkl" , "mnop", "qrst", "uvwx" } ;
when i print the addresses for a,a[0] and a[0][0] they are same. but when i access element a+1, a[0]+1 and a[0][0]+1 they are different. why is it so?
How does the compiler interpret this? Is this compiler dependent?
thanx in advance.....
Someone else has answered your specific question - I just thought I's point out that your array definition should be a[2][3][5] to allow for the null terminating byte that the compiler will add to the end of the string literals "abcd" etc. Otherwise the last one: "uvwx" is going to overwrite some unknown memory address causing untold terrors..
No it isn't (going to overwrite, or even add a '\0'). It the 4
was omitted from the array description it would.
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junky_fellow <ju**********@yahoo.co.in> writes: Consider a 3-dimensional array: char a[2][3][4] = { "abcd", "efgh", "ijkl" , "mnop", "qrst", "uvwx" } ;
when i print the addresses for a,a[0] and a[0][0] they are same. but when i access element a+1, a[0]+1 and a[0][0]+1 they are different. why is it so?
I have a pictorial explanation for precisely this sort of thing
in <http://web.torek.net/torek/c/pa.html>.
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