With Statement Pascal to C

I am translating a program atm from pascal to c, but one statement i am facing is with.

Code:

with typtab[ttptr] do
begin
     ...
end

Now my question is how can i represent this in c, typtab is a structure and ttptr is a pointer as as its also an array. Thanks

Now my question is how can i represent this in c,

You can't.

C has no equivalent for the with statement.

You will need to use struct notation as...

Code:

mystruct[idx].variable;

// or 

mystruct[idx]->variable;

On an item by item basis.

Also note that C has no sets, ranges or strings either.

(And there you have 4 reasons why I miss good ole Pascal every day.)

Thanks for the quick reply, and i dont think pascal is old, my teacher only use that
and apl2. But anyway how can i translate the following in c:

Code:

    typtab: array[ 0 .. ttsize](*type table*)
 of typrec;
        typrec = record


                 size: integer;


                 case form: typform of scalarfrm: ();


                 subrangfrm: ( rangtyp: typtabptr;
 min,
 max: constrec);
         enumfrm: ( maxenum: 0 .. 255);




    with typtab[ttptr] do
    begin
         ...
    end

Thanks if you need more question about some variable just reply, i appreciate the help. if it can be done.

Originally Posted by Jseb

Code:

         ...

The stuff that needs fixed is the ...; and you think it is not important to post it? Why?

Tim S.

Code:

with typtab[ttptr] do
begin
     ...
end

change to

Code:

     ...

With fixes as needed normally adding "typtab[ttptr]." or "typtab[ttptr]->" prefix.

Tim S.

Originally Posted by Jseb

Thanks for the quick reply, and i dont think pascal is old, my teacher only use that
and apl2. But anyway how can i translate the following in c:

Code:

    typtab: array[ 0 .. ttsize](*type table*)
 of typrec;
        typrec = record


                 size: integer;


                 case form: typform of scalarfrm: ();


                 subrangfrm: ( rangtyp: typtabptr;
 min,
 max: constrec);
         enumfrm: ( maxenum: 0 .. 255);




    with typtab[ttptr] do
    begin
         ...
    end

Thanks if you need more question about some variable just reply, i appreciate the help. if it can be done.

Tell you what... it's been quite a while since I did Pascal, nearly 10 years...
I think your best bet would be to grab a C tutorial off the web and work with that... It's not that I don't want to help, I'm just not sure I'd be giving you all the right answers.

Again there are no ranges in C ... all array indeces start at 0 and go to size-1. If you need non-0 based notations you'll have to use offsets.

Also forget any notion of OOP... no classes, no forms, no objects...

Because of the gramattical structure you have to define the struct (record) first,
then you can make an array of them. The most straightforward way is probably like this...

Code:

// prototype
struct t_structname
  { int variable;
     char text[size];
     int *pointer; };

// declare an array
struct t_structname data[elements];

I'm sorry if that's a little cryptic but it should give you the idea.

Sorry for wait, thanks for the reply I would say the missing part would be this

Code:

with typtab[ ttptr] do
            begin
              size := 1;
              form := scalarfrm
            end;

You might find it easier to move away from the pascal code, and move into whatever the logic is actually doing. C can work from that point, although probably not as eloquently as pascal. Trying to "convert" pascal code to C, is like trying to make a fashion model by putting clothes and makeup, on a horse.

Originally Posted by Jseb

Sorry for wait, thanks for the reply I would say the missing part would be this

Code:

with typtab[ ttptr] do
            begin
              size := 1;
              form := scalarfrm
            end;

Code:

             
    typtab[ ttptr + CONST_TO_FIX_ARRAY_START].size = 1;
    typtab[ ttptr + CONST_TO_FIX_ARRAY_START].form = scalarfrm;

Tim S.

Any reason why you're going to C and not C++?
In C++ the approximate equivalent of a 'with' statement would typically be a constructor, or at least some other member function.

Originally Posted by iMalc

Any reason why you're going to C and not C++?
In C++ the approximate equivalent of a 'with' statement would typically be a constructor, or at least some other member function.

In Pascal with is a shorthand tool... with structname do ... maskes off the struct.variable syntax so you can just use variable = whatever. It's not part of OOP really, it's just a programmer's convenience to avoid typing complicated variable names.

Code:

with typtab[ ttptr] do
            begin
              size := 1;
              form := scalarfrm
            end;

in Pascal is the same as...

tytab[ttptr].size = 1;
tytab[ttptr].form = scalarfrm;

... in C.

For small examples like the above there's no benefit, but when you get a record with 30 or 40 variables in it, it helps avoid a lot of errors.

I am making a compiler for a class, teacher is old school, i love c++, would of been done the project long time ago, but must be done in c. I appreciate the help, it was the way i was going just wanted to make sure thanks a lot . And yeah the original codes as like 3000 line of code, some of the record do have some variant i dont think 40 but closed but thanks

Originally Posted by Jseb

Thanks for the quick reply, and i dont think pascal is old

What you think of a fact doesn't make it any less of a fact. But I suppose old is subjective. For example, if you were Pascal, then Pascal wouldn't be old at all. But since you are you, the latter is actually old.


Quzah.

Originally Posted by CommonTater

In Pascal with is a shorthand tool... with structname do ... maskes off the struct.variable syntax so you can just use variable = whatever. It's not part of OOP really, it's just a programmer's convenience to avoid typing complicated variable names.

I know all about Pascal and the with statement. I programmed in Pascal for many years before programming in C.

Sure, it's arguably not part of OOP in Pascal, but my point was that if you translated it to C++, then one would most likely use OOP and turn it into either a constructor call or a method call.

Originally Posted by iMalc

I know all about Pascal and the with statement. I programmed in Pascal for many years before programming in C.

Me too... almost the entire lifetime of the language in fact. (Right up till Borland killed it with Delphi)

Sure, it's arguably not part of OOP in Pascal, but my point was that if you translated it to C++, then one would most likely use OOP and turn it into either a constructor call or a method call.

Not being very proficient in C++ I'll take your word for it!