Thread: How to call/use function

  1. #1
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    How to call/use function

    Hi,

    I will set the pretext:

    Code:
    typedef struct
      {
      ubyte
        command;
      ubyte
        data_length;
      ubyte
        data[MAX_DATA_LENGTH];
      WORD_UNION
        CRC;
      }COMMAND_PACKET;
    
    void send_packet(COMMAND_PACKET *packet);
    How would I call/use the function send_packet() in the main()

    Can you give me an example of using it?

    Thanks

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    Something like this:

    Code:
    int main()
    {
        COMMAND_PACKET package;
        package.command = some_value;
    
        send_packet(&package);
        return 0;
    }
    Operating Systems:
    - Ubuntu 9.04
    - XP

    Compiler: gcc

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    Thank you Ideswa. That worked a charm.

    But I have another question:

    Code:
    //============================================================================
    // 631_WinTest Code.
    // Copyright 2001-2004, Crystalfontz America, Inc. Written by Brent A. Crosby
    //
    // You may use this code in any project (including commercial) as long as
    // at least one of the intents of the project is to communicate with a
    // Crystalfontz display.
    //
    // http://www.crystalfontz.com [email protected]
    //============================================================================
    typedef unsigned char ubyte;
    typedef signed char sbyte;
    typedef unsigned short word;
    typedef unsigned long dword;
    typedef union
      {
      ubyte
        as_bytes[2];
      word
        as_word;
      } WORD_UNION;
    
    typedef struct
      {
      ubyte
        command;
      ubyte
        data_length;
      ubyte
        data[MAX_DATA_LENGTH];
      WORD_UNION
        CRC;
      }COMMAND_PACKET;
    I want to be able to write:

    Code:
    COMMAND_PACKET *packet;
    packet->CRC->as_word = //return of some function
    but it will not compile?

    Do you know how to fix this?

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    Probably because you CRC isn't a pointer? So you should use
    Code:
    packet->CRC.as_word = ...
    Edit: Also, your packet, as defined above, does not have any memory assigned to it, so CRC and any other members of the COMMAND_PACKET doesn't actually exist. Only a pointer to hold the address WHEN it gets created exists.

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    Last edited by matsp; 04-17-2009 at 06:14 AM.
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