Thread: Structure of a program

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    Structure of a program

    Hi,

    I'm working on my first (100 line+) program, i've been reading alot(hole day)
    and the problem is the build up of the program and functions that passes information between eachother.

    I first made all my vars Globals and everything would run. Since i understood this wasen't the way your ment to program thinks i would make something else. could somebody post a example program post on a structure, point to it and printing a string from another function change the string and give it back to the structure. or just how to get a pointer to a structure and able to update it from any location?

    Stef

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    I did read the faq but I don't understand the faq or the faq doesn't understand me
    I'm realy having trouble with the pointing to the struct.

    I tried to do something very easy, read from the struct(Both in Main & the function). and then write a character to players->symbol.
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    	struct {						/* Struct used to store names of 2 players and a symbol. */
        char Player1[25];              /* Name of the first player */
        char Player2[25];             /* Name of the second player */
        char activePlayer[25];      /* Name of the active player. */
    	char symbol;				/* symbol of theplayer eg. 'O' */
    }players={"name1", "name2", "Active",'O'}; //One record players init names and O we only need 1 row since we use vars.
    
    //pointers
    struct players *player;					//Player points to players.
    
    //Prototypes
    void print_person ( struct players *player );
    
    int main( struct players *player){		//parameters for main is the pointer value leading to players
    
          printf ( "Player1:   %s\n", (*player).Player1 );	//print the value of player1 on the screen
          printf ( "Player2:    %s \n", player->Player2 );	//print the value of player2 on the screen(other syntax does the same thing)
          printf ( "Symbol: %c\n", player->symbol );			//print the symbol on the screen.
          //scanf("%c",players.symbol);						//Can't do?
          print_person ( &players );							//pass to another function.
          return 0;
    }
    
    void print_person ( struct players *player )
    {
          printf ( "Name:   %s\n", player->Player1 );
          printf ( "Symbol:    %s \n", (*player).Player2 );
    }

    Returns 5 errors and 1 warning:

    Code:
    Compiling...
    game.c
    \visual studio 2005\projects\game.c(18) : error C2037: left of 'Player1' specifies undefined struct/union 'players'
    \visual studio 2005\projects\game.c(19) : error C2037: left of 'Player2' specifies undefined struct/union 'players'
    \visual studio 2005\projects\game.c(20) : error C2037: left of 'symbol' specifies undefined struct/union 'players'
    \visual studio 2005\projects\game.c(22) : warning C4133: 'function' : incompatible types - from '*__w64 ' to 'players *'
    \visual studio 2005\projects\game.c(27) : error C2037: left of 'Player1' specifies undefined struct/union 'players'
    \visual studio 2005\projects\game.c(28) : error C2037: left of 'Player2' specifies undefined struct/union 'players'
    4OpEenRij - 5 error(s), 1 warning(s)
    ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
    I'm doing something terrible wrong, or I implent a tought of myself totaly wrong please enlighten me :d
    Last edited by stef569; 12-02-2006 at 12:10 PM.

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    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <string.h>
    
    typedef struct {                        /* Struct used to store names of 2 players and a symbol. */
        char Player1[25];           /* Name of the first player */
        char Player2[25];           /* Name of the second player */
        char activePlayer[25];      /* Name of the active player. */
        char symbol;                                /* symbol of theplayer eg. 'O' */
    } players;
    
    //pointers
    players *player;                                        //Player points to players.
    
    //Prototypes
    void print_person ( players *player );
    
    int main(void){         //parameters for main is the pointer value leading to players
    
    player = malloc(sizeof(players));
    
    strcpy(player->Player1, "name1");
    strcpy(player->Player2, "name2");
    strcpy(player->activePlayer, "Active");
    player->symbol = '0';
    
    printf ( "Player1:   %s\n", player->Player1 );  //print the value of player1 on the screen
    printf ( "Player2:    %s \n", player->Player2 );        //print the value of player2 on the screen(other synt$
    printf ( "Symbol: %c\n", player->symbol );                      //print the symbol on the screen.
    //scanf("%c",players.symbol);                                           //Can't do?
    print_person ( player );                                                        //pass to another function.
    }
    
    void print_person (players *player )
    {
      printf ( "Name:   %s\n", player->Player1 );
      printf ( "Symbol:    %s \n", (*player).Player2 );
    }
    output:
    Player1: name1
    Player2: name2
    Symbol: 0
    Name: name1
    Symbol: name2

    you don't need to comment every line of code some things you've even commented twice.
    Code:
    //pointers
    struct players *player;					//Player points to players.
    Last edited by sl4nted; 12-02-2006 at 12:26 PM.

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    just better instead of the global variable
    Code:
    //pointers
    players *player;                                        //Player points to players.
    use local one
    Code:
    int main(void)
    {
       players* player = malloc(sizeof(*player));
       if(player == NULL)
       {
          //not enough memory
          return 1;
       }
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    Talking

    Thx that indeed worked perfectly it's amazing it's working, a +-4 hours search and you guy's did it in what 10 minutes?

    I think i leave the pointer as a global because i need it in every function.

    Thx again Stef

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    i need it in every function
    Better put it as a parameter as in the sample with print_person
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