Thread: calling/passing functions

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    calling/passing functions

    I'm trying to call a fuction:
    Code:
    int DetermineEvent(parameters *p, char *paramfile, double X, double u, double dt, int *left, int *right, int *add)
    from the main file, what would it look like:
    Code:
    c = DetermineEvent(*p, *paramfile, X, u, dt, *left, *right, *add)
    I don't think that's right...I know to remove declarations like double and int, but I suspect I should remove parameters, and char and the likes as well?

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    Quite a few ways it could look. Consider a function prototype like this:

    Code:
    int somefunction(int *p);
    Consider this as a way of calling it:

    Code:
    int x = 5;
    
    ....
    
    somefunction(&x);
    Now consider this:

    Code:
    int x[100];
    
    ...
    
    somefunction(x);
    What is somefunction() really expecting? We don't know. Same for your function. RTM, or in this case, the documentation with regard to whatever library you're using that has that function.

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    It depends on how your variables are declared.

    EDIT: Mac beat me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by vutek0328 View Post
    I'm trying to call a fuction:
    Code:
    int DetermineEvent(parameters *p, char *paramfile, double X, double u, double dt, int *left, int *right, int *add)
    from the main file, what would it look like:
    Code:
    c = DetermineEvent(*p, *paramfile, X, u, dt, *left, *right, *add)
    So here I'm trying to pass multiple stuff through to the function, such as a set of parameters stored in the pointer p, the values of the parameters stored in the pointer paramfile, then some variables that I will be use to do computation in the function.

    So how would I express specifically in my main function? When I do
    Code:
    c = DetermineEvent(parameters p, paramfile, X, u, dt, hopleft, hopright, add)
    
    error: parse error before "parameters"

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    Reread our posts. We don't know how you declared those variables, so we don't even know if it's right. If you just want it to compile and possibly crash, then take out "parameters" in the first argument since it's just a data type, not a variable name.

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