int main(int argc, char *argv[])

Hello fellow programmers, i started learning about the parameters in int main() and it confused me because i dont know what they are and what they're used for.So if you could give me some info or some sample code and explain how it is used or what it is.

Thank you

A quick search on the web resulted in this: The GNU C Programming Tutorial

they are the command line parameters... Im not sure how they call it in english but let me try to explain it...

When you execute a program on the command prompt, you pass some values to it... For example "program.exe blabla" executes program.exe and pass "blabla" to it as an command line argument. It then uses this argument to make its processing

Now that is exactly what those parameters are.. The int argc holds the number of string parameters in argv. *Argv[] is a pointer to a multi dimensional array, or a pointer to a pointer as I like to call it... the first element in argv in always the programs path and name, including the extension... You could also use **argv instead of *argv[]... Here, I'll give you an example

Code:

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#include <iostream>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    std::cout << *argv;

    std::cin.get();
    return(0);
}

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this program will take the first element in argv and then print it... The first element is the programs path... argc says how much elements there are in argv.

There can be also more parameters, but you dont need to worry about it now.

argc = number of args in argv
argv = arrary of char arrays