list of strings

[todorov]

Hi all,

I have a strange problem occuring when i declare an array of strings in
ANSI C style:

if i have something like :

struct blabla {

//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };

};

, it doesn't work. But if i declare it by itself (not in a struct - i.e
for instance in the outmost scope of any function) , it works. What am
i doing wrong? Thanks a lot.

[Keith Thompson]

"todorov" <at*******@gmail.com> writes:

I have a strange problem occuring when i declare an array of strings in
ANSI C style:

if i have something like :

struct blabla {

//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };

};

, it doesn't work. But if i declare it by itself (not in a struct - i.e
for instance in the outmost scope of any function) , it works. What am
i doing wrong? Thanks a lot.

A struct member declaration can't include an initializer.

You can initialize a struct member as part of the initializer for a
struct object.

--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) ks***@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.

[Mike Wahler]

"todorov" <at*******@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...

Hi all,

I have a strange problem occuring when i declare an array of strings in
ANSI C style:

if i have something like :

struct blabla {

//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };

};

, it doesn't work. But if i declare it by itself (not in a struct - i.e
for instance in the outmost scope of any function) , it works. What am
i doing wrong? Thanks a lot.

struct blabla {
char *names[3];
} bla = {{"name1", "name2", "name3"}};

-Mike

[Emmanuel Delahaye]

todorov a écrit :

struct blabla {

//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };

};

Wrong way. Try this :

struct blabla {
//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };
}
=
{
//... ,
{"name1", "name2", "name3"},
};

--
A+

Emmanuel Delahaye

[Emmanuel Delahaye]

todorov a écrit :

struct blabla {

//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };

};

Wrong way. Try this :

struct blabla {
//...
char **names;
}
=
{
//... ,
{"name1", "name2", "name3"},
};

--
A+

Emmanuel Delahaye

[Simon Biber]

Emmanuel Delahaye wrote:

todorov a écrit :

struct blabla {

//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };

};

Wrong way. Try this :

struct blabla {
//...
char **names;

You can't initialise a scalar with more than one element. This should be
char *names[3];
}
The name of the object you are declaring is missing.
=
{
//... ,
{"name1", "name2", "name3"},
};

--
Simon.

[Barry Schwarz]

On 6 Dec 2005 04:46:36 -0800, "todorov" <at*******@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

I have a strange problem occuring when i declare an array of strings in
ANSI C style:

if i have something like :

struct blabla {

//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };

};

, it doesn't work. But if i declare it by itself (not in a struct - i.e
for instance in the outmost scope of any function) , it works. What am
i doing wrong? Thanks a lot.

That is not an array of strings. It is an array of pointers.
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