initializing struct

[Carramba]

Hi!
I have a big struct and I want to initialize it at once, but I get parse
error before "{" compiler error. can't it by done?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct{
int b;
int c;
int d;
int e;
}A;

A *a;

int main(void) {

a = malloc(4 * sizeof (*a));
a = {1,1,4,5}; //there is error from my compiler
printf("%d ; %d\n", a->b+a->d, a->c*a->e);

free(a);
return 0;
}

is this is bad way to init struct how one should do?

[Ian Collins]

Carramba wrote:

Hi!
I have a big struct and I want to initialize it at once, but I get parse
error before "{" compiler error. can't it by done?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct{
int b;
int c;
int d;
int e;
}A;

A *a;

int main(void) {

a = malloc(4 * sizeof (*a));
a = {1,1,4,5}; //there is error from my compiler

You can't assign a static initialiser to a pointer. You could write

A a[4] = {{1},{1},{4},{5}};

--
Ian Collins.

[Joachim Schmitz]

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Hi!
I have a big struct and I want to initialize it at once, but I get parse

No, you have a pointer to a struct.

error before "{" compiler error. can't it by done?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct{
int b;
int c;
int d;
int e;
}A;

That's not particulary large...

>
A *a;

A b = {1,2,3,4};

int main(void) {

a = malloc(4 * sizeof (*a));
a = {1,1,4,5}; //there is error from my compiler

drop these 2 lines, replace by
A *a = b;

printf("%d ; %d\n", a->b+a->d, a->c*a->e);

free(a);
return 0;
}

is this is bad way to init struct how one should do?

Can be done only as part of the definition, like I did above. And not to a
pointer to struct.

Bye, Jojo

[Joachim Schmitz]

"Ian Collins" <ia******@hotmail.comschrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Carramba wrote:

>Hi!
I have a big struct and I want to initialize it at once, but I get parse
error before "{" compiler error. can't it by done?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct{
int b;
int c;
int d;
int e;
}A;

A *a;

int main(void) {

a = malloc(4 * sizeof (*a));
a = {1,1,4,5}; //there is error from my compiler

You can't assign a static initialiser to a pointer. You could write

A a[4] = {{1},{1},{4},{5}};

Which would set a[0].b to 1, a[1].b to 1, a[2].b to 4 and a[3].b to 5,
leaving all the c, d and e members uninitialized resp. set to 0.

A a = {1, 1, 4, 5};
Would do...
Bye, Jojo

[Ian Collins]

Joachim Schmitz wrote:

"Ian Collins" <ia******@hotmail.comschrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>Carramba wrote:

>>Hi!
I have a big struct and I want to initialize it at once, but I get parse
error before "{" compiler error. can't it by done?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct{
int b;
int c;
int d;
int e;
}A;

A *a;

int main(void) {

a = malloc(4 * sizeof (*a));
a = {1,1,4,5}; //there is error from my compiler

You can't assign a static initialiser to a pointer. You could write

A a[4] = {{1},{1},{4},{5}};

Which would set a[0].b to 1, a[1].b to 1, a[2].b to 4 and a[3].b to 5,
leaving all the c, d and e members uninitialized resp. set to 0.

Correct, that's what I thought the OP wanted.

--
Ian Collins.

[Carramba]

Joachim Schmitz skrev:

"Carramba" <ca******@example.comschrieb im Newsbeitrag

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>Hi!
I have a big struct and I want to initialize it at once, but I get parse

No, you have a pointer to a struct.

>error before "{" compiler error. can't it by done?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct{
int b;
int c;
int d;
int e;
}A;

That's not particulary large...

I only wrote compilable small program to show my problem...
I don't think there would by a point to post huge struct then this one
serves purpose.

>A *a;

A b = {1,2,3,4};

>int main(void) {

a = malloc(4 * sizeof (*a));
a = {1,1,4,5}; //there is error from my compiler

drop these 2 lines, replace by
A *a = b;

This doesn't work : "incompatible types in assignment"

>printf("%d ; %d\n", a->b+a->d, a->c*a->e);

free(a);
return 0;
}

is this is bad way to init struct how one should do?

Can be done only as part of the definition, like I did above. And not

to a pointer to struct.

>
Bye, Jojo

Thank you!

[Ian Collins]

Carramba wrote:

>
Joachim Schmitz skrev:

>drop these 2 lines, replace by
A *a = b;

This doesn't work : "incompatible types in assignment"

Not surprising, he probably intended to write A *a = *b;

What exactly to do want to do, create a number of structures and
initialise them all to the same value, or different values?

--
Ian Collins.

[Carramba]

Ian Collins skrev:

Carramba wrote:

>Joachim Schmitz skrev:

>>drop these 2 lines, replace by
A *a = b;

This doesn't work : "incompatible types in assignment"

Not surprising, he probably intended to write A *a = *b;

you mean A *a= &b; ?

What exactly to do want to do, create a number of structures and
initialise them all to the same value, or different values?

[Ian Collins]

Carramba wrote:

Ian Collins skrev:

>Carramba wrote:

>>Joachim Schmitz skrev:
drop these 2 lines, replace by
A *a = b;
This doesn't work : "incompatible types in assignment"

Not surprising, he probably intended to write A *a = *b;

you mean A *a= &b; ?

>What exactly to do want to do, create a number of structures and
initialise them all to the same value, or different values?

oops...

--
Ian Collins.

[Joachim Schmitz]

"Carramba" <ca******@example.comschrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Ian Collins skrev:

>Carramba wrote:

>>Joachim Schmitz skrev:
drop these 2 lines, replace by
A *a = b;
This doesn't work : "incompatible types in assignment"

Not surprising, he probably intended to write A *a = *b;

you mean A *a= &b; ?

Yes, sorry, that's what I meant.

[Joachim Schmitz]

"Carramba" <ca******@example.comschrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>
Joachim Schmitz skrev:

"Carramba" <ca******@example.comschrieb im Newsbeitrag

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Hi!
I have a big struct and I want to initialize it at once, but I get
parse

No, you have a pointer to a struct.

error before "{" compiler error. can't it by done?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct{
int b;
int c;
int d;
int e;
}A;

That's not particulary large...

I only wrote compilable small program to show my problem...
I don't think there would by a point to post huge struct then this one
serves purpose.

OK, I sort of guessed that... but couldn't resist that remark.

A *a;

A b = {1,2,3,4};

int main(void) {

a = malloc(4 * sizeof (*a));
a = {1,1,4,5}; //there is error from my compiler

drop these 2 lines, replace by
A *a = b;

This doesn't work : "incompatible types in assignment"

A *a = &b;

printf("%d ; %d\n", a->b+a->d, a->c*a->e);

free(a);
return 0;
}

is this is bad way to init struct how one should do?

Can be done only as part of the definition, like I did above. And not

to a pointer to struct.

Bye, Jojo

[Ben Bacarisse]

Carramba <ca******@example.comwrites:

Hi!
I have a big struct and I want to initialize it at once, but I get
parse error before "{" compiler error. can't it by done?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct{
int b;
int c;
int d;
int e;
}A;

A *a;

int main(void) {

a = malloc(4 * sizeof (*a));
a = {1,1,4,5}; //there is error from my compiler
printf("%d ; %d\n", a->b+a->d, a->c*a->e);

free(a);
return 0;
}

is this is bad way to init struct how one should do?

You do know you are allocating space for an array of 4 structs? If that
is indeed what you want you can do it like this:

struct A local_copy[] = {{1}, {2}, {3}, {4}};
a = malloc(4 * sizeof *a);
if (a)
memcpy(a, local_copy, sizeof local_copy);

In C99 you can use a compound literal:

a = malloc(4 * sizeof *a);
if (a)
memcpy(a, (struct A[]){{1}, {2}, {3}, {4}}, 4 * sizeof *a);

This has portability issues (limited C99 support) and is messier to
write. Note also that I have imitated other posters and explicitly
set only the "b" structure member in each array element.

--
Ben.

[Keith Thompson]

Carramba <ca******@example.comwrites:

I have a big struct and I want to initialize it at once, but I get
parse error before "{" compiler error. can't it by done?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct{
int b;
int c;
int d;
int e;
}A;

A *a;

int main(void) {

a = malloc(4 * sizeof (*a));
a = {1,1,4,5}; //there is error from my compiler
printf("%d ; %d\n", a->b+a->d, a->c*a->e);

free(a);
return 0;
}

is this is bad way to init struct how one should do?

Well, since it doesn't compile, yeah, it's a bad way (but it's
quick!). 8-)}

You allocate space for 4 structures, but you ignore all but the first.
I assume your real program doesn't do that. Also, you should always
check the result of malloc, even if you just abort the program if it
fails.

The problem with your attempted assignment is that {1,1,4,5} isn't an
expression; it can be used in an initializer, but not on the right
hand side of an assignment. And it's an initializer for a structure,
not for a pointer.

So declare a const object that you can use in assignment:

const A A_init = { 1, 1, 4, 5 };

and assign its value to a[0], or *a, or whatever.

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-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

[CBFalconer]

Carramba wrote:

>
I have a big struct and I want to initialize it at once, but I
get parse error before "{" compiler error. can't it by done?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct{
int b;
int c;
int d;
int e;
} A;

A *a;

int main(void) {
a = malloc(4 * sizeof (*a));
a = {1,1,4,5}; //there is error from my compiler
printf("%d ; %d\n", a->b+a->d, a->c*a->e);
free(a);
return 0;
}

is this is bad way to init struct how one should do?

You can only use such initialization during a declaration, and
never for malloced space. Use:

a->b = a->c = 1; a->d = 4; a->e = 5;

Alternatively, you can assign from an existing structure:

A b = {1, 1, 4, 5}, *a;
....
if (!(a = malloc(sizeof *a))) /* memory not available */;
else {
*a = b;
...

ALWAYS check the results from malloc.

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[Barry Schwarz]

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:57:20 +0200, "Joachim Schmitz"
<no*********@schmitz-digital.dewrote:

>"Ian Collins" <ia******@hotmail.comschrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:5d**************@mid.individual.net...

>Carramba wrote:

>>Hi!
I have a big struct and I want to initialize it at once, but I get parse
error before "{" compiler error. can't it by done?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct{
int b;
int c;
int d;
int e;
}A;

A *a;

int main(void) {

a = malloc(4 * sizeof (*a));
a = {1,1,4,5}; //there is error from my compiler

You can't assign a static initialiser to a pointer. You could write

A a[4] = {{1},{1},{4},{5}};

Which would set a[0].b to 1, a[1].b to 1, a[2].b to 4 and a[3].b to 5,
leaving all the c, d and e members uninitialized resp. set to 0.

An uninitialized variable has an indeterminate value.

In cases where an aggregate is partially explicitly initialized (such
as this), the remaining variables that are not explicitly initialized
are implicitly initialized to the appropriate form of 0.
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