Thread: Need to pass struct array to function. What am I doing wrong?

Code:

 void sortDictionary(struct entry dictionary, int size)
{
	int a,b;
	struct entry temp;

	for(a=0;a<size-1;a++)
	{
		for(b=a+1;b<size;b++)
		{ // execute loop if compareString answer = 1
			if(compareString(dictionary[a].word,dictionary[b].word)==1)
			{
				temp=dictionary[b];
				dictionary[b]=dictionary[a];
				dictionary[a]=temp;
			}
		}
	}
	return;
)

The compile errors I get from this are:

Code:

------ Build started: Project: structure array sort practice, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
Compiling...
structure array sort practice.cpp
c:\documents and settings\cruisin'\my documents\visual studio 2008\projects\structure array sort practice\structure array sort practice\structure array sort practice.cpp(19) : error C2676: binary '[' : 'entry' does not define this operator or a conversion to a type acceptable to the predefined operator
c:\documents and settings\cruisin'\my documents\visual studio 2008\projects\structure array sort practice\structure array sort practice\structure array sort practice.cpp(19) : error C2228: left of '.word' must have class/struct/union
c:\documents and settings\cruisin'\my documents\visual studio 2008\projects\structure array sort practice\structure array sort practice\structure array sort practice.cpp(19) : error C2676: binary '[' : 'entry' does not define this operator or a conversion to a type acceptable to the predefined operator
c:\documents and settings\cruisin'\my documents\visual studio 2008\projects\structure array sort practice\structure array sort practice\structure array sort practice.cpp(19) : error C2228: left of '.word' must have class/struct/union
c:\documents and settings\cruisin'\my documents\visual studio 2008\projects\structure array sort practice\structure array sort practice\structure array sort practice.cpp(19) : error C3861: 'compareString': identifier not found

Oops got it.

ok I got another one that is making me scratch my head. Runtime error says 'i' is being used without being initialized. And the debuig arrow points to line in bold.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int countDecimalPlace(char decimal[20])
{
	int i,count=0;

	while(decimal[i]!='\0')
			{
				
				if(decimal[i]=='.')
				{
						do
						{
							i++;
							count++;
						}while(decimal[i] !='\0');

						return count;
				}
				i++;

			}
}

Whoops ignore last post I'm stupid. haha. sorry. Nothing to see here.

If you look at the row above the bold one. You see, int i there, you don't give i an initial value, it's thus not initialized which means it can have any value.

Originally Posted by Subsonics

If you look at the row above the bold one. You see, int i there, you don't give i an initial value, it's thus not initialized which means it can have any value.

Thank you!