Array having Integer and String elements

Hi
Can anybody help me to decide the datastructure I should use for defining an array Of elements which can be Integer as well as string.
since I want to put GID (Group ID available in LInux System) in an array.
elements can be

grp1
grp2
123
1097
1397
grp4
grp5
3790

etc..

..skm

Well you cannot have an array consisting of elements of two different types. You have to make a decision since you have several options. They may all be stored as strings and converted to numeric (if necessary) when accessed or if you insist on having them remain in numeric form, store them in two different arrays. It's either that or create a data type that contains a string and an int and use that as the array, but that would be an horrid thing.

Please let me know the BEst way to store all elements as strings and convert them to numeric.
Right now I am assuming that the Input is provided as Numeric .
The code is as follows :Plz let me know the changes that i can do.

//const char *gidlist : comma separated list of gids. ( argument)
// snapshot starts
char *token=NULL;
int gidint[5];
int i=0, count=0;
int is_member=0;

// code to read the const char* and put elem in integer array
token=strtok((char *)gidlist,",");
while (token != NULL) {
gidint[i]=atoi(token);
token=strtok(NULL,",");
i++;
}

// code for further manipulations
// int Is_Running (int) ( function to return flag)
count=i;
for (i=0;i<count;i++) {
if (Is_Running(gidint[i])) {
printf ("GroupMember found %d",gidint[i]);
is_member = 1; break;
}
}
//snapshot ends

you should check if the string contains non-digit characters before doing atoi()....i believe atoi("grp2") returns (int) 2.

i also believe that a named group also has a numerical ID..i personally, would look up the group ID programatically with linux, and store it in nID...if the numerical ID was entered. set lpszID to NULL...
struct{
int nID;
char *lpszID[MAX_GID_LENGTH];
}

Thanx for the quick reply.
I have used a struct as follows :
struct ID {
int gid;
char *groupname;
} id;

now the parameter that is received is const char* gidlist

token=strtok((char *)gidlist,",");
while (token != NULL) {
tmp=atoi(token);
if (isdigit(tmp)) {
id.gid=tmp;
id.groupname=NULL;
printf("digit %d\n",id.gid);
}
else {
id.groupname=token;
printf("Nondigit char %s\n",id.groupname);

}

What is going wrong here, isdigit() doesn't seem to work..if I don't use atoi(), I get a segmentation fault error.

I have used the following code for 'test for nondigits' and it works nicely.
now I just wanted to confirm if this coding(so far what i have done) is the most appropriate or some better Implementation can be done.
anyways.....Thanx for all uer answers. :-)



int test_for_nondigits( const char *s ) {
int nd = 0;
size_t len;
const char *p;

len = strlen( s );
if( len == 0 )
return -1;
p = s;
while( *p ) { if( !isdigit( *p ) ) nd++; p++; } return nd;
}

http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showthread.php?t=13473

i'm thinking that a valid group ID name must start with an alphabetical character or an underscore..if this is true you can simply check the first character....

(impromptu code..not tested)

Code:

---

struct ID
{
  int nID;
  char lpszID[10];
}id;

char token[400] = NULL;
token = strtok(gidlist, ",");
while(token)
{
        if( isdigit(*token) )
        {
                id.nID = atoi(token);
                id.lpszID = NULL;
        }else{
                                    //fake function below       
                id.nID = 0; // nID = lookUpLinuxGroupIdNumber(token)
                strcpy(&id.lpszID, token);
        }
        printf("Group Name: %s; Group ID: %d\n", id.lpszID, id.nID);
        token = strtok(NULL, ",");
}

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there is probably some error checking needed to be done here...but it depends on what you're going to use this data for and the exact specs of group ID's and numbers.

by the way...use code tags when posting code