Thread: Data Structure with array in it

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    Data Structure with array in it

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    typedef struct data{
        int courseSize;
        int adjMat[courseSize][courseSize];
        course arrCourse[courseSize];
        struct data *next;
    }set;
    How can I get rid of this? It tells that in int adjMat[courseSize][courseSize]; and course arrCourse[courseSize]; courseSize in undeclared. Help please!

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    Quote Originally Posted by deoxys0100 View Post
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    courseSize in undeclared.
    your compiler seems to be right..

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    In C arrays usually need to have compile time constants for their sizes so courseSize should be #defined outside the class with the proper value.

    Jim

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimblumberg View Post
    In C arrays usually need to have compile time constants for their sizes so courseSize should be #defined outside the class with the proper value.

    Jim
    I actually have something like this:

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    scanf("%d", &num);
    set *node = (set *)malloc(sizeof(set));
    node->courseSize = num;
    How can I change the value of courseSize inside my arrays without declaring a definite value?

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    Quote Originally Posted by deoxys0100 View Post

    How can I change the value of courseSize inside my arrays without declaring a definite value?
    You can't. You probably need to change the type (to int** and int*) and then do some more malloc'ing once you've determined the value of courseSize.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tabstop View Post
    You can't. You probably need to change the type (to int** and int*) and then do some more malloc'ing once you've determined the value of courseSize.
    Thank you so much!

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