Thread: How to find number of structure members in a given structure?

  1. 01-16-2012 #1
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    How to find number of structure members in a given structure?

    Hi Friends,

    Is there any method to find the number of structure members in a given structure.

    And is there any method to check whether a structure member is int or char or string.




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    Why do you need to do this introspection?
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
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    Hi LaserLight,

    In my project, i want to receive a struct, and find out how many number of members are there and their types. based on the type i have to call appropriate API to insert that value into a table.

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    Could you embed some kind of type information as a member of the struct?
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
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    Might you have the option of doing this in C++? While it's still not easy or widely scalable, it's certainly easier... much easier.
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