Thread: [Access Violation]: Debug Help

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    Question [Access Violation]: Debug Help

    Just trying to put null characters into an array. Might sound easy.. but even this little snippet of code makes my pc go crazy.

    This will compile, but will hang up at runtime.. and will cause an, "access violation" when ran through the debugger:

    Code:
    #include<iostream>
    #include<cstring>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
    	int iCount = 3;
    
    	
            char **Lines = new char*[3];
    
    	Lines[0] = "H1007, 1-24\0", 
    	Lines[1] = "A, 25-36\0",
    	Lines[2] = "H1007, 37-48\0";
    
    	//Visual Verification:  everything works fine 
           for(int i=0; i<3; i++)	
    		
    		cout << Lines[i] << endl;
    
    
        char **Name = new char*[iCount];
        char **FiberCount1 = new char*[iCount];
        char **FiberCount2 = new char*[iCount];;
        int /*size,*/ word_index;
        bool cont = true;
    
        i=0;
        for(int j=0; i<iCount; i++, j=0)
        {   
            
            word_index = 0;
    	cont = true;
            
            do{        
             
                  //Extract Fiber Name
                  while(Lines[i][j]!=',')
                  {
                       j++;
                  }
             
                  //At this point, i==0 and j==5
                  Lines[i][j]='\0';   //This line causes "access violation"
                  Name[i] = new char[j-word_index+1];
                  strcpy(Name[i], Lines[i]+word_index);
                  //Name[i][j-word_index] = '\0';
    
    ...
    ...
    ...

    any ideas/suggestions on what to do would be cool

    using MVSC++ 6.0 (mostly for testing/debugging)
    Last edited by The Brain; 11-07-2005 at 02:44 AM.
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    Try putting something else in instead of '\0' and see if you get an access violation.
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    tried a few different characters.. same results..

    "unhandled exception.. ..access violation"
    Last edited by The Brain; 11-07-2005 at 02:44 AM.
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    Make sure you're not going out of your bounds in your array. If you're reaching for an array element that higher than you declared, then your reaching for a memory address that doesn't belong to your program. Try changing i and j to 1 and 1 and see if it runs.
    Last edited by SlyMaelstrom; 11-07-2005 at 03:17 AM.
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    changed my array indexes.. same results...


    I hold windows XP personally responsible for not properly allocating my memory.
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    Can you attach the full source to download? I'd like to mess around with it a bit.
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    It is because you are trying to modify a constant memory address. eg.
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    
    int main()
    {
        char *test = "Hello";
        //Oh this works but it is a bad idea!
        test[0] = '\0';
        
        return 0;
    }
    This is ok though.
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <cstring>
    
    int main()
    {
        //Allocate out
        char *sayHello = new char[strlen("Hello") + 1];
        std::strcpy(sayHello,"Hello");
        
        std::cout<<sayHello<<std::endl;
        
        //Now this is ok because you didn't assign the pointer to a const
        //memory address aka the string
        sayHello[0] = 'p';
        
        std::cout<<sayHello<<std::endl;
        
        std::cin.get();    
            
        return 0;
    }
    Last edited by prog-bman; 11-07-2005 at 04:34 AM.
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    thanks hombre.. sounds like the moral of the story is.. 'thou shalt not attempt to modify a hard-coded statically declared string literal.."




    Second Question:

    Why does the following boolean test fail?
    Code:
    #include<iostream>
    #include<cstring>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
    	int iCount = 3;
    	 
            char **Lines = new char*[3];
    
    
    	//Lines = {{"H1001, "1-24"}, {"A, 25-36"}, {"H1007, 36-45"}};
    
    	Lines[0] = new char[strlen("H1007, 1-24\0")]; 
    	Lines[1] = new char[strlen("A, 25-36\0")];
    	Lines[2] = new char[strlen("H1007, 36-47\0")];
    
    	strcpy(Lines[0], "H1007, 1-24\0");
    	strcpy(Lines[1], "A, 25-36\0");
    	strcpy(Lines[2], "H1007, 36-47\0");
    
    	for(int i=0; i<3; i++)	
    		
    		cout << Lines[i] << endl;
    
    
        char **Name = new char*[iCount];
        char **FiberCount1 = new char*[iCount];
        char **FiberCount2 = new char*[iCount];;
        int /*size,*/ word_index;
    	bool cont = true;
    
        i=0;
        for(int j=0; i<iCount; i++, j=0)
        {   
            
            word_index = 0;
    		cont = true;
            
            do{        
             
                  //Extract Fiber Name
                  while(Lines[i][j]!=',')
                  {
                       j++;
                  }
             
                  Lines[i][j]='\0';
                  Name[i] = new char[j-word_index+1];
                  strcpy(Name[i], Lines[i]+word_index);
                  //Name[i][j-word_index] = '\0';
             
                  word_index = j;
    			  word_index++;
             
                  //Extract Beginning Fiber Count
                  while(Lines[i][j]!='-')
                  {
                       j++;
                  }
             
                  Lines[i][j] = '\0';
                  FiberCount1[i] = new char[j-word_index+1];
                  strcpy(FiberCount1[i], Lines[i]+word_index); 
                  //FiberCount1[i][j-word_index] = '\0';
             
                  word_index = j;
    			  word_index++;
             
                  //Extract Ending Fiber Count - Code works fine up until this point
                  //Even when the null character is reached.. the loop continues infinately
                  while(Lines[i][j]!=',' || Lines[i][j]!='\0')    
                  {
                       j++; 
                  }
    
                   if(Lines[i][j]=='\0')
    
    				  cont = false;
             
                  Lines[i][j] = '\0';
                  FiberCount2[i] = new char[j-word_index+1];
                  strcpy(FiberCount2[i], Lines[i]+word_index);
                  //FiberCount2[i][j-word_index] = '\0';
             
              }while(cont);  
    	}
    
    	return 0;
    
    }

    When viewed through the debugger.. it appears that even when Lines[i][j] equals NULL.. the loop continues on..?!?@

    *just for fun.. I just threw in a comma in place of the null character.. and the debugger saw the comma.. but the loop continued to loop..
    Last edited by The Brain; 11-07-2005 at 04:09 PM.
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    Thou shalt use and "&&". Remeber || means or. So if(1==1|| 2 == 1) it will go through because one of the conditions is true.
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    
    int main()
    {
        if(1 == 1 || 2 == 1)
        {
            std::cout<<"It works!!!!!!!! #1"<<std::endl;
        }
        
        if(1 == 1 && 2 == 1)
        {
            std::cout<<"It works!!!!!!!! #2"<<std::endl;
        }
        
        std::cin.get();
        
        return 0;
    }
    And no I will not make out with you.
    Last edited by prog-bman; 11-07-2005 at 04:14 PM.
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    jesus I am an idiot..!@#!@#
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    Let's check with the survey.

    Survey Says: You are an idiot .
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    I think the survey is correct..!@#




    Parsing goodness.. thanks to senor bling


    Code:
    #include<iostream>
    #include<cstring>
    #include<iomanip>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
    	int iCount = 3;
    
    	 //Parse User Entered Text
             char **Lines = new char*[3];
    
    
    	//Lines = {{"H1001, "1-24"}, {"A, 25-36"}, {"H1007, 36-45"}};
    
    	Lines[0] = new char[strlen("H1007, 1-24\0")+1]; 
    	Lines[1] = new char[strlen("A, 25-36\0")+1];
    	Lines[2] = new char[strlen("H1007, 36-47\0")+1];
    
    	strcpy(Lines[0], "H1007, 1-24\0");
    	strcpy(Lines[1], "A, 25-36\0");
    	strcpy(Lines[2], "H1007, 36-47\0");
    
    	for(int i=0; i<3; i++)	
    		
    		cout << Lines[i] << endl;
    
    
        char **Name = new char*[iCount];
        char **FiberCount1 = new char*[iCount];
        char **FiberCount2 = new char*[iCount];;
        int /*size,*/ word_index;
    	bool cont = true;
    
        i=0;
        for(int j=0; i<iCount; i++, j=0)
        {   
            
            word_index = 0;
    	cont = true;
            
            do{        
             
                  //Extract Fiber Name
                  while(Lines[i][j]!=',')
                  {
                       j++;
                  }
             
                  Lines[i][j]='\0';
                  Name[i] = new char[j-word_index+1];
                  strcpy(Name[i], Lines[i]+word_index);
                  //Name[i][j-word_index] = '\0';
             
                  word_index = j;
    	      word_index++;
             
                  //Extract Beginning Fiber Count
                  while(Lines[i][j]!='-')
                  {
                       j++;
                  }
             
                  Lines[i][j] = '\0';
                  FiberCount1[i] = new char[j-word_index+1];
                  strcpy(FiberCount1[i], Lines[i]+word_index); 
                  //FiberCount1[i][j-word_index] = '\0';
             
                  word_index = j;
    	      word_index++;
             
                  //Extract Ending Fiber Count
                  while(Lines[i][j]!=',' && Lines[i][j]!='\0')  
                  {
                       j++; 
                  }
    
    	      if(Lines[i][j]=='\0')
    
    	           cont = false;
             
                  Lines[i][j] = '\0';
                  FiberCount2[i] = new char[j-word_index+1];
                  strcpy(FiberCount2[i], Lines[i]+word_index);
                  //FiberCount2[i][j-word_index] = '\0';
    
                  word_index = j;
    	      word_index++;
             
              }while(cont);  
    	}
    
    
    	cout << endl << endl << endl
    	     << setw(20) << "Fiber Name" << setw(20) << "Beginning Count" << setw(20) << "Ending Count"   << endl
    	     << setw(20) << "----------" << setw(20) << "---------------" << setw(21) << "------------\n" << endl
    	     << setw(20) << Name[0]      << setw(20) << FiberCount1[0]    << setw(20) << FiberCount2[0]   << endl
    	     << setw(20) << Name[1]	 << setw(20) << FiberCount1[1]    << setw(20) << FiberCount2[1]   << endl
    	     << setw(20) << Name[2]      << setw(20) << FiberCount1[2]    << setw(20) << FiberCount2[2]   << endl
    	     << endl << endl << endl ;
    
    	return 0;
    
    }
    Last edited by The Brain; 11-07-2005 at 07:32 PM. Reason: added +1 to the size of all dynamic arrays that used strlen( )
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    That's why they pay me the big bucks.
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    Any reason you're not using C++ to solve this?

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    cstring character arrays were taught in my cs201 class as part of the c++ curiculum.. walter savitch teaches it in his c++ series books.. petzold's book is entirely in c (using the above algorithm in a windows project) what's so wrong about using cstrings in me' code..?!?!?


    "new" makes my code c++
    Last edited by The Brain; 11-07-2005 at 05:49 PM.
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