If i want to copy the data from one spot in the structure to another and copy data from one structure to another.
This gives me an error during runtime.Code:Struct * Struct_1; Struct * Struct_2; Struct_2[2] = Struct_2[1]; Struct_2[1] = Struct_1[1];
Suggestions?
Are those pointers actually pointing at anything you've allocated?
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Yes all of the data that is being stored was initialized, that part is working.
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I get a buffer overflow runtime error when it reaches:Code:int i = 0; int j = 0; int Sorted = 0; widget *Widget_to_Sort_Ptr; widget Widget_to_Sort; Widget_to_Sort_Ptr = &Widget_to_Sort; for(i = 0; i < array_size; i++) { j = i; Sorted = 0; while(Sorted == 0) { if(j == 0) { Widget_to_Sort_Ptr[j] = widget_array[j]; Sorted = 1; } else if(widget_array[j].Pattern < Widget_to_Sort_Ptr[j-1].Pattern) { Widget_to_Sort_Ptr[j] = Widget_to_Sort_Ptr[j-1]; Widget_to_Sort_Ptr[j-1] = widget_array[j]; } else { Widget_to_Sort_Ptr[j] = widget_array[j]; Sorted = 1; } j--; } }
Code:Widget_to_Sort_Ptr[j] = Widget_to_Sort_Ptr[j-1]; Widget_to_Sort_Ptr[j-1] = widget_array[j];
Unless 'Widget_to_Sort' is an array, then Widget_to_Sort_Ptr[j] is wrong.Code:widget *Widget_to_Sort_Ptr; widget Widget_to_Sort; Widget_to_Sort_Ptr = &Widget_to_Sort;
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So in essence, all you really want to do is to sort an array?
You don't need to use pointers at all, and you certainly shouldn't point them at some stack variable.
Your other problem is that you don't seem to understand how to swap two items using a third as a temporary. It requires three assignment statements.
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Well I typically would want to just use an array for sorting obviously that would be simpler however the assigned prototype:
void sorter( widget* widget_array, integer array_size);
where widget_array is the incoming unsorted array, the widget structure just has a number and an ID as the two components of the structure. I could just throw everything from widget_array into an array however I dont think that is how its intended to be done.
I think I figured out what to do for this situation, dynamic memory allocation. However when I try to allocate memory during runtime:
Widget_to_Sort_Ptr = (widget *)malloc(sizeof(widget[array_size]));
It gives me an error saying that I can not use a non-constant value. So how do I allocate memory during runtime to this pointer based off of the input array size into the function?
Last edited by Panda125; 03-02-2011 at 09:05 AM.
Try Widget_to_Sort_Ptr = (widget *)malloc(array_size * sizeof(widget *));
Got everything working now, thanks for all the help!
