Valarray/Pointer to first Element

[Chris Forone]

Hello Group,

there is some memberfunc for std::valarray to return a pointer to the
first element in the array. How do i use this? Thanx a lot.

HAND Chris

[Christopher]

On Nov 2, 10:43 am, Chris Forone <[e-mail]:

Hello Group,

there is some memberfunc for std::valarray to return a pointer to the
first element in the array. How do i use this? Thanx a lot.

HAND Chris

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't believe any std container has
methods to give you a pointer to any of thier contents, and rightly
so. You can get a reference to it. Why would you want a pointer to the
first element? What type are you assuming its elements are? How would
you use it opposed to a reference?

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On 2007-11-02 16:43, Chris Forone wrote:

Hello Group,

there is some memberfunc for std::valarray to return a pointer to the
first element in the array. How do i use this? Thanx a lot.

&val[0];

Where val is a valarray.
--
Erik Wikström

[Zeppe]

Christopher wrote:

On Nov 2, 10:43 am, Chris Forone <[e-mail]:

>Hello Group,

there is some memberfunc for std::valarray to return a pointer to the
first element in the array. How do i use this? Thanx a lot.

HAND Chris

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't believe any std container has
methods to give you a pointer to any of thier contents, and rightly
so. You can get a reference to it.

you can get the address of all the elements.

Why would you want a pointer to the
first element?

why not? For example, to apply the std library algorithms. A pointer to
an element of a valarray is a random-access iterator.

What type are you assuming its elements are?

well, for example, for a valarray<double>, I would expect double. :)

How would
you use it opposed to a reference?

one thing is a reference, another thing is a pointer.

Regards,

Zeppe

[Chris Forone]

Erik Wikström schrieb:

On 2007-11-02 16:43, Chris Forone wrote:

>Hello Group,

there is some memberfunc for std::valarray to return a pointer to the
first element in the array. How do i use this? Thanx a lot.

&val[0];

Where val is a valarray.

This solution i have already. I have seen on a Website:

valarray::operator T *

operator T *();
operator const T *() const;

Both member functions return a pointer to the first element of the
controlled array, which must have at least one element.

But i dont know, how to apply this operator...

Thx!

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On 2007-11-02 17:35, Chris Forone wrote:

Erik Wikström schrieb:

>On 2007-11-02 16:43, Chris Forone wrote:

>>Hello Group,

there is some memberfunc for std::valarray to return a pointer to the
first element in the array. How do i use this? Thanx a lot.

&val[0];

Where val is a valarray.

This solution i have already. I have seen on a Website:

valarray::operator T *

operator T *();
operator const T *() const;

Both member functions return a pointer to the first element of the
controlled array, which must have at least one element.

But i dont know, how to apply this operator...

Use static_cast:

double* p = static_cast<double*>(val);

where val is a valarray of doubles with at least one element.

--
Erik Wikström

[Chris Forone]

Erik Wikström schrieb:

On 2007-11-02 17:35, Chris Forone wrote:

>Erik Wikström schrieb:

>>On 2007-11-02 16:43, Chris Forone wrote:
Hello Group,

there is some memberfunc for std::valarray to return a pointer to the
first element in the array. How do i use this? Thanx a lot.
&val[0];

Where val is a valarray.

This solution i have already. I have seen on a Website:

valarray::operator T *

operator T *();
operator const T *() const;

Both member functions return a pointer to the first element of the
controlled array, which must have at least one element.

But i dont know, how to apply this operator...

Use static_cast:

double* p = static_cast<double*>(val);

where val is a valarray of doubles with at least one element.

g++ (3.4.2) means invalid static_cast, but before i use reinterpret_cast
i will use &valarr[0] instead...

Thx.

[James Kanze]

On Nov 2, 5:27 pm, Zeppe <[e-mail]>
wrote:

Christopher wrote:

On Nov 2, 10:43 am, Chris Forone <[e-mail]:

there is some memberfunc for std::valarray to return a
pointer to the first element in the array. How do i use
this? Thanx a lot.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't believe any std
container has methods to give you a pointer to any of thier
contents, and rightly so. You can get a reference to it.

You're wrong, of course. If you can get a reference, you can
get a pointer.

you can get the address of all the elements.

Of any of the elements. (At least, I think that's what you
mean; "all of the elements" is ambiguous, and can mean two
different things.)

Why would you want a pointer to the
first element?

why not? For example, to apply the std library algorithms. A
pointer to an element of a valarray is a random-access
iterator.

I think that valarray is guaranteed to be continuous. As is
std::vector, and (soon) std::basic_string. That's not true for
other containers, however, and a pointer to a given element is
not generally a random-access iterator into the container.
(Again, I think you know this, and were only refering to
valarray, but it's not clear.)

The most frequent need for a pointer is, of course, interfacing
with legacy code or with C. In which case, the type of the
container is constrained; if the C code expects a pointer to the
first element, you can use vector, I think valarray, and in
practice basic_string, but nothing else.

--
James Kanze (GABI Software) email:ja*********@gmail.com
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[James Kanze]

On Nov 2, 5:35 pm, Chris Forone <[e-mail]:

Erik Wikström schrieb:On 2007-11-02 16:43, Chris Forone wrote:

there is some memberfunc for std::valarray to return a
pointer to the first element in the array. How do i use
this? Thanx a lot.

&val[0];

Where val is a valarray.

This solution i have already. I have seen on a Website:

valarray::operator T *

operator T *();
operator const T *() const;

Which Web site? It's not in the standard. In general, the
authors of the standard avoided implicit conversions.
Correctly---there are really very few cases where they dont'
cause problems.

Both member functions return a pointer to the first element of
the controlled array, which must have at least one element.

Neither member function exists.

--
James Kanze (GABI Software) email:ja*********@gmail.com
Conseils en informatique orientée objet/
Beratung in objektorientierter Datenverarbeitung
9 place Sémard, 78210 St.-Cyr-l'École, France, [phone]

[Chris Forone]

James Kanze schrieb:

On Nov 2, 5:35 pm, Chris Forone <[e-mail]:

>Erik Wikström schrieb:On 2007-11-02 16:43, Chris Forone wrote:

>>>there is some memberfunc for std::valarray to return a
pointer to the first element in the array. How do i use
this? Thanx a lot.

>> &val[0];

>>Where val is a valarray.

>This solution i have already. I have seen on a Website:

>valarray::operator T *

>operator T *();
operator const T *() const;

Which Web site? It's not in the standard. In general, the
authors of the standard avoided implicit conversions.
Correctly---there are really very few cases where they dont'
cause problems.

publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/comphelp/v8v101/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.xlcpp8a.doc/standlib/ref/i26lt3bvalarray26gt3b.htm

>

>Both member functions return a pointer to the first element of
the controlled array, which must have at least one element.

Neither member function exists.

--
James Kanze (GABI Software) email:ja*********@gmail.com
Conseils en informatique orientée objet/
Beratung in objektorientierter Datenverarbeitung
9 place Sémard, 78210 St.-Cyr-l'École, France, [phone]

Thx a lot!

[Chris Forone]

James Kanze schrieb:

On Nov 2, 5:27 pm, Zeppe <[e-mail]>
wrote:

>Christopher wrote:

>>On Nov 2, 10:43 am, Chris Forone <[e-mail]:

>>>there is some memberfunc for std::valarray to return a
pointer to the first element in the array. How do i use
this? Thanx a lot.

>>Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't believe any std
container has methods to give you a pointer to any of thier
contents, and rightly so. You can get a reference to it.

You're wrong, of course. If you can get a reference, you can
get a pointer.

>you can get the address of all the elements.

Of any of the elements. (At least, I think that's what you
mean; "all of the elements" is ambiguous, and can mean two
different things.)

>>Why would you want a pointer to the
first element?

>why not? For example, to apply the std library algorithms. A
pointer to an element of a valarray is a random-access
iterator.

I think that valarray is guaranteed to be continuous. As is
std::vector, and (soon) std::basic_string. That's not true for
other containers, however, and a pointer to a given element is
not generally a random-access iterator into the container.
(Again, I think you know this, and were only refering to
valarray, but it's not clear.)

The most frequent need for a pointer is, of course, interfacing
with legacy code or with C. In which case, the type of the
container is constrained; if the C code expects a pointer to the
first element, you can use vector, I think valarray, and in
practice basic_string, but nothing else.

--
James Kanze (GABI Software) email:ja*********@gmail.com
Conseils en informatique orientée objet/
Beratung in objektorientierter Datenverarbeitung
9 place Sémard, 78210 St.-Cyr-l'École, France, [phone]

Thx a lot!