Thread: Pointer swap func def error

Hey guys

I am having a bit of trouble with these errors,
and I cannot see what I have done wrong. I have looked the compiler error
number up and it says to try to
comment out the lines above it to see the error exactly, but if I do that I will
get a ton more cause the error line is just the function definition.

The code swaps array elements into ascending order using pointer notation

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

#define SIZE 10

/*function prototypes*/
void sortArray ( int*, const int );
void swapElements ( int *const, int *const );

/*main function*/
int main ( void ) {
	int data[ SIZE ] = { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 },
		 counter;

	printf("Original array output:\n\n");

	for ( counter = 0; counter < SIZE; counter++ ) {
		printf(" %d", data[ counter ]);
	}

	/*sort into order*/
	sortArray( data, SIZE );

	printf("\n\nSorted array output:\n\n");

	for ( counter = 0; counter < SIZE; counter++ ) {
		printf(" %d", data[ counter ]);
	}

	getchar();

	return 0;
}

/*function to sort the array into acsending order*/
void sortArray ( int *array, const int SIZE ) { ERROR LINE
	int counter,
		 pass;

	for ( counter = 0; counter < SIZE -1; counter++ ) {
		for ( pass = 0; pass < SIZE -1; pass++ ) { 
			if ( array[ pass ] > array[ pass +1 ] ) { 
				swapElements( &array[ pass ], &array[ pass +1 ] );
			}
		}
	}
}
		
/*function to swap the elements over usihng pointer notation*/
void swapElements ( int *const ElementPtr1, int *const ElementPtr2 ) {
	int temp = *ElementPtr1;
	*ElementPtr1 = *ElementPtr2;
	*ElementPtr2 = temp;
}

The errors:

Code:

main.c(48): error C2059: syntax error : ')'
main.c(48): error C2059: syntax error : '<Unknown>'
main.c(48): error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before 'constant'
main.c(48): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before 'constant'

Im using MS VC++ 2003.net IDE

I really appriciate any tips and help

The preprocessor substituted the identifier "SIZE" in your declaration with "10". During compilation the compiler only sees:

Code:

void sortArray ( int *array, const int 10 )

Thanks so much

I thought it was only a small logical error. I removed the passing of SIZE and it works fine now

I have one big complaint about the code, though:
http://apps.sourceforge.net/mediawik...arameter_names
And you shouldn't remove the parameter size; merely rename it so it doesn't conflict with the macro.
(Which is why you should never name parameters with upper-case letters; they should be reserved for macros.)