char arrays, pointers, etc, could use help badly

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>
using namespace std;

void displayDay(char *ptr);
void displayDayAddress(char *ptr);

int main(){
        char *days[] = {"Sunday",
                                        "Monday",
                                        "Tuesday",
                                        "Wednesday",
                                        "Thursday",
                                        "Friday",
                                        "Saturday"};    //array of char pointers
        int selectedDay;
        char *ptr;      //character pointer
       
        cout << "OUTPUT FOR PROBLEM #6a and #6b: " << endl;
        cout << "What day is it today? (1 - 7): ";
        cin >> selectedDay;
        ptr = days[selectedDay - 1];        //store address of the given array element in ptr
        displayDay(ptr);
       
        cout << "\n\nOUTPUT FOR PROBLEM #6c: " << endl;
        cout << "This day's address begins at: ";
        displayDayAddress(ptr);
       
    return 0;
} //end int main


void displayDay(char *ptr){
        cout << "Today's day is " << ptr;
       
} //end void displayDay


void displayDayAddress(char *ptr){
        cout << &ptr;
}

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For some reason I can't do what I want to do. What I want to do:

-Send into a function that large *char array of months, and an int
-In that function, the user will input a number into this int
-That day is called from the function. For instance, entering 2 will display Monday

-Then I need to make another function that outputs the address of the first character of the day inputted.


However, I can't get this to work right! I can't pass the values correctly so the majority of it is in main!! I could really use some assistance

Whenever I said months I meant days

i'm a terrible person, as i am too lazy to run this through a c++ compiler. how about some error messages/bad output?

It works but it's poorly made. The second part where I want to output the address does NOT work.

I just want to put the bulk of this code in their respective functions. As in, I just want to declare my variables in main, and have all my input and output and such in the functions, and have that second function output the address of the day specified

void displayDayAddress(char *ptr){
cout << ptr;
}

that should work (i think, maybe?)

&ptr is the memory location of the pointer
ptr is the value of the pointer (the address of the item)
*ptr is the value of the address the pointer points to

buggered pointer rules...

i don't really see why you want to break your program down into smaller functions, unless you're just appeasing a professor ;p - it doesn't look so bad as it is. in fact, i wouldn't even bother to make any functions for that.

if you've gotta, then just write the functions out... and pass the address of the variables that will store the input to the function as pointers.

I am still at a loss though, I need to put the bulk of this into the functions but I can't pass them correctly.

And I also need to correctly output the address

Works fine to me. But I put it into a loop, and wrote a function "range" to verify the user didn't type '0', or whatever (guess what "days[-1]" would print??)

Code:

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using namespace std;

bool range(int value, int low, int high);
void displayDay(char *ptr);
void displayDayAddress(char *ptr);

int main(){
        char *days[] = {"Sunday",
                                        "Monday",
                                        "Tuesday",
                                        "Wednesday",
                                        "Thursday",
                                        "Friday",
                                        "Saturday"};    //array of char pointers
        int selectedDay;
        char *ptr;      //character pointer

        cout << "OUTPUT FOR PROBLEM #6a and #6b: " << endl;
        cout << "What day is it today? (1 - 7): ";
        cin >> selectedDay;

  while(range(selectedDay, 1, 7)) {
        ptr = days[selectedDay - 1];        //store address of the given array element in ptr
        displayDay(ptr);
        cout << "\n\nOUTPUT FOR PROBLEM #6c: " << endl;
        cout << "This day's address begins at: ";
        displayDayAddress(ptr);
    cout << "OUTPUT FOR PROBLEM #6a and #6b: " << endl;
        cout << "What day is it today? (1 - 7): ";
          cin >> selectedDay;
    }
    return 0;
} //end int main


void displayDay(char *ptr){
        cout << "Today's day is " << ptr << endl;
       
} //end void displayDay


void displayDayAddress(char *ptr){
        cout << &ptr << endl;
}

bool range(int value, int low, int high){
 if(value >= low && value <= high)
  return true;

 return false;
}

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The address thing does not work and the bulk of the code needs to be in the functions, though. How can I just pass the values correctly into another function?

And the address thing only displays one address no matter what I do. I need it so, like, if I enter in 2 for Monday it gives me the address of the "M" in Monday, and likewise with 7 for Saturday, it outputs the memory location of that "S"

Ah, noticed the address bug...

void displayDayAddress(char *ptr){
cout << (int)ptr << endl;
}