Could anyone correct the error in my logic here?:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
main ()
{
const char message1[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph -- D.G.A.C.\
\n A B C"};
const char message2[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph -- R.A.C.\
\n A D E"};
const char message3[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph -- D.G.A.C.\
\nA\tB\tC"};
const char message4[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph R.A.C.\
\nA\tD\tE"};
char ( * const msgptr12 [] ) [] = { message1, message2 };
char ( * const msgptr34 [] ) [] = { message3, message 4};
/* lint gives a type mismatch error for the previous two lines. */
char stringbuf [85];
...
printf ( "%s", msgptr12 [i] );
numbchar = sprintf (stringbuf, "%s", msgptr34 [i] );
fwrite (stringbuf, numbchar, 1, ofptr);
Any thoughts or suggestions will be appreciated. L e e _ S h a c k e
l f o r d @ d o t . c a . g o v 7 2155
Jacob Schmidt <Ja***********@aol.com> wrote in
news:26********************************@4ax.com: Could anyone correct the error in my logic here?:
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> main () { const char message1[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph -- D.G.A.C.\ \n A B C"}; const char message2[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph -- R.A.C.\ \n A D E"}; const char message3[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph -- D.G.A.C.\ \nA\tB\tC"}; const char message4[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph R.A.C.\ \nA\tD\tE"}; char ( * const msgptr12 [] ) [] = { message1, message2 };
message1, 2, 3, & 4 are not compile time constants. You can't do this in
C90. Also, main returns 'int' so why not be explicit?
--
- Mark ->
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Jacob Schmidt <Ja***********@aol.com> writes: Could anyone correct the error in my logic here?:
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> main ()
Better: int main (void)
{ const char message1[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph -- D.G.A.C.\ \n A B C"}; const char message2[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph -- R.A.C.\ \n A D E"}; const char message3[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph -- D.G.A.C.\ \nA\tB\tC"}; const char message4[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph R.A.C.\ \nA\tD\tE"}; char ( * const msgptr12 [] ) [] = { message1, message2 }; char ( * const msgptr34 [] ) [] = { message3, message 4}; /* lint gives a type mismatch error for the previous two lines. */
This declares `msgptr12' and `msgptr34' as arrays of const pointers to
arrays of char. The elements therefore have to have type `const pointer
to array of char'; you cannot initialize them with something that has
type `pointer to const char'. Try this instead:
const char * msgptr12 [] = { message1, message2 };
const char * msgptr34 [] = { message3, message4 };
Note, however, that `message1', `message2', `message3', and `message4'
are not constant expressions, so you cannot use them to initialize
arrays (unless you have a C99 compiler, but I know you don't, since
`main ()' is invalid in C99). There are two things you can do: Either
declare `message1' etc. with static storage duration (i.e. `static const
char message1 [] = ...'), or assign instead of initializing:
const char * msgptr12 [2];
const char * msgptr34 [2];
msgptr12 [0] = message1;
msgptr12 [1] = message2;
msgptr34 [0] = message3;
msgptr34 [1] = message4;
Martin
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Jacob Schmidt wrote: Could anyone correct the error in my logic here?:
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> main () { const char message1[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph -- D.G.A.C.\ \n A B C"}; const char message2[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph -- R.A.C.\ \n A D E"}; const char message3[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph -- D.G.A.C.\ \nA\tB\tC"}; const char message4[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph R.A.C.\ \nA\tD\tE"}; char ( * const msgptr12 [] ) [] = { message1, message2 }; char ( * const msgptr34 [] ) [] = { message3, message 4}; /* lint gives a type mismatch error for the previous two lines. */ char stringbuf [85];
...
printf ( "%s", msgptr12 [i] ); numbchar = sprintf (stringbuf, "%s", msgptr34 [i] ); fwrite (stringbuf, numbchar, 1, ofptr);
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
const char message1[] = "Curved portion of graph -- D.G.A.C.\n"
" A B C\n";
const char message2[] = "Curved portion of graph -- R.A.C.\n"
" A D E\n";
const char message3[] = "Curved portion of graph -- D.G.A.C.\n"
"A\tB\tC\n";
const char message4[] = "Curved portion of graph R.A.C.\n"
"A\tD\tE\n";
const char *const msgptr12[] = { message1, message2 };
const char *const msgptr34[] = { message3, message4 };
char Strbuf[85];
size_t i = 0, numbchar;
printf("%s", msgptr12[i]);
numbchar = sprintf(Strbuf, "%s\n", msgptr34[i]);
fwrite(Strbuf, numbchar, 1, stdout);
return 0;
}
Jacob Schmidt <Ja***********@aol.com> wrote: Could anyone correct the error in my logic here?:
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> main () { const char message1[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph -- D.G.A.C.\ \n A B C"};
I think newlines in string literals are considered bad form these days
const char message2[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph -- R.A.C.\ \n A D E"}; char ( * const msgptr12 [] ) [] = { message1, message2 };
/* lint gives a type mismatch error for the previous two lines. */
'msgptr12' is an array of const pointers to arrays (of unspecified size)
of char.
'message1' is the name of an array of const char. This is not a
pointer to (non-const) char. You need the '&' sign to take its
address, and you need to make msgptr12 point to arrays of const char:
const char (* const msgptr12[]) [] = { &message1, &message2 };
This compiles OK now but it is not terribly useful.
msgptr12[0] has type 'pointer to array (of unknown size) of const char'.
This is an incomplete type, so you cannot actually dereference that
pointer, so you can't access the chars in it safely.
The expression *msgptr12[0] would be a syntax error.
printf ( "%s", msgptr12 [i] );
Undefined behaviour - %s expects a pointer to char, but you gave it a
pointer to array. You were (un)lucky that you chose a variadic function,
if you tried:
puts(msgptr12[i])
you would get a compiler warning.
If you want msgptr12's members to point to complete arrays, then the
arrays all have to be the same size and you have to specify that, eg:
const char (* const msgptr12[]) [40] = { &message1, &message2 };
printf("%s", *msgptr12[1]);
Or, as others have suggested, you could simply use an array of
pointers to char (but this was a useful exercise in understanding
pointers to arrays). ol*****@inspire.net.nz (Old Wolf) writes: Jacob Schmidt <Ja***********@aol.com> wrote: main () { const char message1[] = {"\nCurved portion of graph -- D.G.A.C.\ \n A B C"};
I think newlines in string literals are considered bad form these days
Unescaped new-lines are not allowed in string literals, but this
new-line is immediately preceded by a \ that splices the two
lines together, so it's okay. (Another example in my .sig below,
simply by accident.)
--
int main(void){char p[]="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuv wxyz.\
\n",*q="kl BIcNBFr.NKEzjwCIxNJC";int i=sizeof p/2;char *strchr();int putchar(\
);while(*q){i+=strchr(p,*q++)-p;if(i>=(int)sizeof p)i-=sizeof p-1;putchar(p[i]\
);}return 0;}
On 2 Jun 2004 14:32:10 -0700, ol*****@inspire.net.nz (Old Wolf) wrote: Jacob Schmidt <Ja***********@aol.com> wrote:
const char message1[] = <snip> [message 2 similar] char ( * const msgptr12 [] ) [] = { message1, message2 };
/* lint gives a type mismatch error for the previous two lines. */
'msgptr12' is an array of const pointers to arrays (of unspecified size) of char. 'message1' is the name of an array of const char. This is not a pointer to (non-const) char. You need the '&' sign to take its address, and you need to make msgptr12 point to arrays of const char:
const char (* const msgptr12[]) [] = { &message1, &message2 };
Agree so far.
This compiles OK now but it is not terribly useful. msgptr12[0] has type 'pointer to array (of unknown size) of const char'. This is an incomplete type, so you cannot actually dereference that pointer, so you can't access the chars in it safely.
To be clear, 'array of unknown size (of anything)' is the incomplete
type; 'pointer to X' is complete even if X is incomplete. But I think
you _can_ dereference it: this is a corner case, where it is allowed
to have a pointer to incomplete and dereference it to form an lvalue
of incomplete type; you explicitly musn't fetch (convert to rvalue) or
store (assign) such, but AFAICS if as here it is an array you can let
it decay to pointer to element and legally use that, within the bound
of the array object it points "to" (rather, to the base element of).
What you can't have is an actual (defined) object of incomplete type,
and in C99 you explicitly can't have a declaration for 'array of
incomplete' (which this example isn't, mind you) whereas in C89 _as a
function parameter_ an implementation _might_ let you declare array of
incomplete and "rewrite" it to pointer to incomplete which is OK.
The expression *msgptr12[0] would be a syntax error.
The standard doesn't define 'syntax error' but I think it is usually
taken to mean 'violation of any syntax rule', which this is not;
if anything it would be a constraint violation -- also a required
diagnostic, but a separate category. And I say not even that. printf ( "%s", msgptr12 [i] );
Undefined behaviour - %s expects a pointer to char, but you gave it a pointer to array. You were (un)lucky that you chose a variadic function, if you tried: puts(msgptr12[i]) you would get a compiler warning.
Agree here. In fact gcc will even unrequiredly warn on the printf.
If you want msgptr12's members to point to complete arrays, then the arrays all have to be the same size and you have to specify that, eg:
const char (* const msgptr12[]) [40] = { &message1, &message2 }; printf("%s", *msgptr12[1]);
Or, as others have suggested, you could simply use an array of pointers to char (but this was a useful exercise in understanding pointers to arrays).
Yes.
- David.Thompson1 at worldnet.att.net
Dave Thompson <da*************@worldnet.att.net> wrote: ol*****@inspire.net.nz (Old Wolf) wrote:
Jacob Schmidt <Ja***********@aol.com> wrote:
const char message1[] = <snip> [message 2 similar] const char (* const msgptr12[]) [] = { &message1, &message2 };
msgptr12[0] has type 'pointer to array (of unknown size) of const char'. This is an incomplete type, so you cannot actually dereference that pointer, so you can't access the chars in it safely.
To be clear, 'array of unknown size (of anything)' is the incomplete type; 'pointer to X' is complete even if X is incomplete. But I think you _can_ dereference it: this is a corner case, where it is allowed to have a pointer to incomplete and dereference it to form an lvalue of incomplete type; you explicitly musn't fetch (convert to rvalue) or store (assign) such, but AFAICS if as here it is an array you can let it decay to pointer to element and legally use that, within the bound of the array object it points "to" (rather, to the base element of).
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