how would i go about removing the pointers from this function?
int process(int *p, int *nchars_ptr, int *nletters_ptr)
{
static int cnt = 0, last_char = ' ';
if(isspace(last_char) && isspace(*p))return 0;if(isalpha(*p))
{
++ * nletters_ptr;if(islower(*p)) *p = toupper(*p);
}
Use an array, which is actually a pointer. In other words, you can't. Besides, that's damn ugly code. What exactly is it supposed to do? Give me an example of how you're calling it also. I can pretty much guess what it does, but god, what a nightmare.
Quzah.
sorry about the paste job. all this program does is take input and capitalize it and keep track of the number of characters and letters. Lot of code to do something simple.
if(process(&c, &nchars, &nletters) == 1) putchar(c);
int process(int *p, int *nchars_ptr, int *nletters_ptr)
{
static int cnt = 0, last_char = ' ';
if(isspace(last_char) && isspace(*p))
return 0;
if(isalpha(*p)) {
++ * nletters_ptr;
if(islower(*p)) *p = toupper(*p);
}
else if(isspace(*p))
if(++cnt % NWORDS == 0)
*p = '\n';
else *p = ' ';
++ * nchars_ptr;
last_char = *p;
return 1;
}
}
Alright. This really is still not enough code to see the full scope of how you want to use it. However, since you want to use multiple values (have them changed) in a single function, you have three options:
1) use pointers
2) use a structure and return it
3) use global variables
Global is the easiest.
Pointers are the best.
Structure is workable.
Quzah.
