void *ptr;
what is the correct way to cast "ptr" in the code above to be a pointer to a 3 element array of function pointers with a return value of int and a single parameter of a pointer to char.
void *ptr;
what is the correct way to cast "ptr" in the code above to be a pointer to a 3 element array of function pointers with a return value of int and a single parameter of a pointer to char.
I don't believe function pointers exist in C. You may want to check the C++ board.
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No as per my knowledge there are function pointers in C. it is defined like int (*func)(int, int)
> I don't believe function pointers exist in C.
Of course they do - just look at qsort()
> what is the correct way to cast
It's not guaranteed that you can cast a data pointer (even void*) to and from a function pointer.
But the first step would be to create a typedef for the function pointer itself, just to save an awful lot of parens in the result.
typedef int (*fnp)(char*);
A simple cast would then be
fnp myfun = (fnp)ptr;
I'm sure you can work out the array bit from there.
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Hey Saleem that was pretty nice trick. but i'm not so good with "typedef" and function pointers please show the answer for the above question in simple step so that i can learn from u....
That was the example for you to learn from.
But since you spent an absolute maximum of 11 minutes thinking about it (probably a lot less), I think I'll pass.
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ok. so for the above question is the following cast proper
Code:(int ( (*)[3]) (char *) ) ptr
No. You cannot assign function pointers to void pointers. No matter how you cast them.
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void pointers are always defined for flexibility we can cast void pointers to anything....
No you can't. I'm right. You're wrong. Search the forum, I've proven this point before.
Quzah.
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> void pointers are always defined for flexibilityOriginally Posted by c99
Yes, but not all pointers are the same size - the C standard doesn't say they have to be, and some very common architectures have had different sized pointers. void* only guarantees to be able to represent conversions to/from data pointers.
Eg. In DOS 'medium' memory model, all function pointers would be 32-bit and void* would only be 16-bit.
If you can do it, then put it in the "works for me" column, but one day you may have a surprise.
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Probably the solution is getting deviated..... can below be a solution for the problem
Code:(int ( (*)[3]) (char *) ) ptr
