A quick array question

[Rad_Turnip]

Hello All,

I am learing C and was trying to find the attributes of an array (length, range...etc)

I have the main function taking in an array like so...

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
Code....

but i don't know how to pass in an array to check if the code i wrote works properly. Do i do it in the terminal after the C file is compiled? If so, how?

Any help would be much appreciated,

Thanks -Nick

[quzah]

Consult the FAQ entry.


Quzah.

[Rad_Turnip]

Cheers Quzah

Had trouble searching up the problem with my limited knowledge of terminology.

-Nick

[Rad_Turnip]

sigh, ok i still dont get it. This is a function to find the range of values in an array of integers...it is someone elses code that i am using to teach myself about arrays.

#include <stdio.h>
#define MAX 100

int spread(int b[], int size);

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   int n;
   int count = 0;
   int a[MAX];

   while (count < MAX && scanf("%d", &n) != EOF)
   {
   a[count++] = n;
   }
   printf("spread was %d\n", spread(a, count));
   return 0;
}

int spread(int b[], int size)
{
   int lo, hi, i;

   if (size == 0)
   return 0;
   lo = hi = b[0];
   for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
   {
      if (b[i] > hi)
      hi = b[i];
      if (b[i] < lo)
      lo = b[i];
   }
   return (hi - lo);
}

I compile this as: gcc array.c -Wall -o array
Then run it: ./array (i figure numbers go here but that didn't work)
What do i do to input the array of integers?

Thanks -Nick

[or maybe the code i am using is wrong...]

[Rad_Turnip]

Ok i get it now, have tested what the FAQ say on some really short code i made. Its the code that i was playing with (listed above) that is somehow wrong.

-Nick