Thread: for loop and struct

With the following, what is the proper way to counter of all the entries in a struct for the exit condition of a for loop (sizeof(flights)..? Also, if there is anything else wrong with what I am doing please do let me know ( I know pointers would probably be good, but haven't really got to that yet).

Thanks!

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

struct flight_str {
    char flt_no[30];
    char flt_orgin[4];
    char flt_dest[4];
    char flt_dept_t[5];
    char flt_ariv_t[5];
};

typedef struct flight_str flight;

void flts_from(char dept_aport[4], flight flights[]) {
    int counter;
    for (counter = 0; counter < sizeof(flights); ++counter) {
        if (strcmp(flights[counter].flt_orgin,  dept_aport) == 0) {
            printf("Flight %s\n", flights[counter].flt_no);
        }
    }
}

int main() {
    flight flight_a[10];
    strcpy(flight_a[0].flt_no,"12432");
    strcpy(flight_a[0].flt_orgin,"LAX");
    strcpy(flight_a[1].flt_no,"55555");
    strcpy(flight_a[1].flt_orgin,"BOS");
    flts_from("BOS", flight_a);
    return(0);
}

So to pass the number of elements in the array, should that just be another argument to the function like this?

Code:

void flts_from(char dept_aport[4], flight flights[], int size) {
    int counter;
    for (counter = 0; counter < size; ++counter) {
        if (strcmp(flights[counter].flt_orgin,  dept_aport) == 0) {
            printf("Flight %s\n", flights[counter].flt_no);
        }
    }
}

int main() {
    int arraysize = 10;
    flight flight_a[arraysize];
    strcpy(flight_a[0].flt_no,"12432");
    strcpy(flight_a[0].flt_orgin,"LAX");
    strcpy(flight_a[1].flt_no,"55555");
    strcpy(flight_a[1].flt_orgin,"BOS");
    flts_from("BOS", flight_a, arraysize);
    return(0);
}

No builtin to return the number of elements in the array ( or possible number of elements ... )?

matsp -

I get it now, Thank you for your help and taking the time to help out someone just starting.

-Kyle

kbrandt,

Code:

    flight flight_a[] = {
        { "12432", "LAX" },
        { "55555", "BOS" }
    };

    flts_from("BOS", flight_a, sizeof flight_a / sizeof flight_a[0]);

it will make array for two elements, every element is a structure, in every structure non-initializated element will be initialized as 0 (or '\0' for char arrays)
then division will count how many elements in the array (it will take all size of array in bytes and divide it to the size of one structure in this array in bytes too)

flight_a[] mean after initialization the array will have so many elements how many initializators it had