HELP... hOW TO Pass value to a struct type

[jadeivel756]

I BADLY NEED YOUR HELP......

HELP... hOW TO Pass value to a struct type and permanently store the data after youve given the data.The programming language is C.

My problem is that as I exit the function "int reg(struct Member listm[], int msize);", the data Ive entered was not stored in the array.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <string.h>
 
struct Member
{
    char name[50];
    char address[50];
    int age;
    char gender;
    int memID[50];
};
 
struct Video
{
    char title[50];
    char genre[50];
    int borrow[50];
    int videoID[50];
};
 
int reg(struct Member listm[], int msize);
main()
{
    struct Member listm[50];
    struct Video listv[50];
    int choice, again=0;
    int i;
 
    /*
    for (i=0; i<50; i++)
    {
        listm[i].memID[i]=0;
        listv[i].videoID[i]=0;
        listv[i].borrow[i]='A';
    }*/
 
        clrscr();
        printf("\nWELCOME TO ANIME VIDEO RENTAL SHOP");
        printf("\nWhat do you want to do?");
        printf("\n1. Register (if not yet a member)");
                                scanf("%d", &choice);
                                again=reg(listm, 50);
getch();
return(0);
 
}
 
int reg(struct Member listm[], int msize)
{
    struct Member *mlist[50];
    static int i;
    mlist[50]=&listm[msize];
 
        printf("\nName: ");
        scanf("%s", &mlist[i]->name);
        fflush(stdin);
 
        printf("\nAddress: ");
        scanf("%s", &mlist[i]->address);
        fflush(stdin);
 
        printf("\nAge: ");
        scanf("%d", &mlist[i]->age);
        fflush(stdin);
 
        i++;
 
return(0);
}
 

[scruggsy]

I read your code wrong. Hang on.

[weaknessforcats]

This code:

scanf("%s", &mlist[i]->name);

Looks fishy. Maybe it should be:

 scanf("%s", &listm[i]->name);
 

An what's this for?

struct Member *mlist[50];
static int i;
mlist[50]=&listm[msize];

Here you declare an array of 50 pointers but only initialize the last pointer.
Then, you use the uninitialized pointers in youre scanf().

It doesn't look like you need the mlist array at all.

Lastly, why a static variable??? The static keyword is largely deprecated in C++.

[jadeivel756]

thanks..uhm can you help me how to store a data in an array in a function?that is after i exit the function, it will still be stored?

[weaknessforcats]

thanks..uhm can you help me how to store a data in an array in a function?that is after i exit the function, it will still be stored?

You can't pass an array to a function. All you can pass is a type or a pointer to a type.

In the case of an array, C++ treats the name of the array as the address of element 0. So, when you pass an array, you are really passing the address of element 0.

When the function works with the array, since it only has the address of the array, any change to the array made by the function will be put in the array.

Therefore:
[quote=jadeivel756]
int reg(struct Member listm[], int msize)
{
etc...
[/quote

any change made to the array using listm are made to the array itsself since listm is just a pointer to element 0.