Thread: problem area - Pointer and Struct

Hi, I've written a Program like this:

Code:

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

#define STRING_SIZE 30

struct TestStruct
{
   char id;
   char name[STRING_SIZE];
};

void ausgabe(struct TestStruct *struct_ptr)
{ 
    printf(" %d %s!\n\n",(*struct_ptr).id, (*struct_ptr).name);     
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   struct TestStruct test[10];  

   test[0].id = 0x61;       
   strcpy(test[0].name, "Name01");
  
   test[1].id = 0x62;
   strcpy(test[1].name, "Name02");
  
   test[2].id = 0x63;
   strcpy(test[2].name, "Name03");
  
   test[3].id = 0x64;
   strcpy(test[3].name, "Name04");

   int i;   
   for(i=0;i<=5;i++)
   {
      //printf("%d %s!\n\n", &test[i].id, &test[i].name);    
      ausgabe(&test[i]);
   }
   system("PAUSE"); 
   return 0;
}

If I use the Funktion ausgabe() the Program works (97 Name01, 98 Name02 etc.), but when I use these line of Code instead the Funktion ausgabe().

Code:

printf("%d %s!\n\n", &test[i].id, &test[i].name);

The Result is that the .id's have some Values like 2686036 or 2686032 etc.

Can some one explain me why this happens?

Yep:

Code:

printf("%d %s!\n\n", &test[i].id, &test[i].name);

You're using & to take the address of the arguments to printf. %d expects a value, not a pointer to the value. So the number you're seeing is the address that the id is stored at.

You also do not need to take the address of test.name. The reason that that is working ok is that for %s a pointer is expected. If you do not take the address of the array, the compiler will do it for you and pass a pointer to the first element. If you want to know more about this have a look at the c faq page: Arrays and Pointers

Code:

void ausgabe(struct TestStruct *struct_ptr)
{ 
    printf(" %d %s!\n\n",(*struct_ptr).id, (*struct_ptr).name);     
}

Here you have a pointer to a struct which you dereference, so you're passing the value, so it works.

You are telling printf to print the address, not the value. You don't need the ampersand (&) in front of the variable names.

Jim

It's been a while that I wrote something in C. Thanks for the Link, I'll take a look on that page. Thanks for your answers.