Thread: function pointer question

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    function pointer question

    I have wracked my brain and cant seem to think of any way to make a container of function pointers. I was wondering if any of you have a solution. I know using virtual functions is better in C++, but that isnt a option at the moment. I would have to do an entire rewrite to do that.

    EDIT:
    Found a solution on another website using std::vector. I am posting a quick example below
    Code:
    void test()
    {
    	std::cout << "t\n";
    }
    
    int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
    {
    	typedef void (*fptr)(void);
    	std::vector<fptr> t;
    	t.resize(10);
    	std::vector<fptr>::iterator it;
    	for ( it = t.begin(); it != t.end(); ++it )
    	{
    		(*it) = &test; //set function pointer to void test()'s address
    	}
    	for ( it = t.begin(); it != t.end(); ++it )
    	{
    		(*it)(); //run the function pointed to by t
    	}
    	system("pause");
    	return 0;
    }
    Thank you anyhow, and i hope this helps someone else someday.
    Last edited by Raigne; 02-08-2008 at 11:39 PM.

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    Perhaps it would make things easier if you made a typedef.
    Code:
    typedef void (*funcpoint)(int parameter);
    Then you can use "funcpoint" wherever you'd use int or string, e.g.:
    Code:
    std::vector<funcpoint> v;
    funcpoint array[3] = {f1, f2, f3};
    void function(funcpoint fp);
    You can do all of that without the typedef, too -- but the syntax quickly becomes unwieldy.

    Hopefully that answers your question. See my vector example above.
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    A container of function pointers will work, if they are all the same kind of function; viz:
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <vector>
    
    typedef int (*int_ft)(int);
    int bob1(int);
    int bob2(int);
    int bob3(int);
    int main()
    {
        std::vector<int_ft> func_list;
        func_list.push_back(bob1);
        func_list.push_back(bob2);
        func_list.push_back(bob3);
        int j=4;
        std::cout << func_list[1](j);
        return 0;
    }
    int bob2(int x) {
        return x*x;
    }
    int bob1(int x) {
        return x;
    }
    int bob3(int x) {
        return 1-x;
    }
    If your functions are supposed to take wildly different parameter lists, then things are going to get ugly (but I don't obviously see in that case how any kind of container notation would work).

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