Structures, passing array of structures to function
This involves structures. Basically I created an array of structures and I am supposed to pass it onto a function that was given. This is where my problem is (marked /*HERE*/). I think I am passing it onto the function incorrectly. This is the error I get:
warning C4133: 'function' : incompatible types - from 'struct Player [8]' to 'struct Player *'
Im not exactly sure what that means. something to do with passing on a pointer? Could someone help me out? What do I need to pass to the function?
I think I assured myself that I created the array properly by using printf statements.
NOTE: the two functions printBracket and getIndex were given, so they cannot be changed.
Let me know if I need to explain better.
Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
/*FUNCTION PROTOTYPES*/
void printBracket( struct Player x []);
int getIndex( char c );
int main(){
//initialize variables
struct Player{
char major;
char name[10];
int seed;
};
struct Player array[8];
int count=1;
char person[10];
char subject;
int junkChar;
//Print statement
printf("Welcome to MARCH MADNESS!\n\nPlease enter the 8 player names, "
"followed by their major code and seed.\n\n(For major enter a single "
"character from the major code key:\n\n\t"
"'e' for ECE, 'h' for ChE, 'm' for MIE\n\t"
"'c' for CEE, 'b' for BME, 'u' for Und )\n");
while(count<=8){ //while loop to get users inputs
printf("Enter the number %d seed's name (10 chars max):",count); //prompt for name
scanf("%s",&person);
printf("Enter %s's major code: ",person);//prompt for major
scanf("%c",&junkChar);
scanf("%c",&subject);
strcpy(array[count-1].name,("%s",person));
array[count-1].major=subject;
array[count-1].seed=count;
count++; //add 1 to counter
} //end while
printBracket(array); /*HERE*/
return 0; //indicate program ended successfully
} //end function main
/**FUNCTIONS**/
//FUNCTION: printBracket
//ARGUMENTS: ( struct Player [] ): Array of team structures sorted by seed
//RETURN: void
//DESCRIPTION: prints out bracket image of sorted array of players
void printBracket( struct Player x [] )
{
char * maj[6]= {"ECE", "ChE", "MIE", "CEE", "BME", "Und"}; //array used for indexing major
//PRINTING THE BRACKET
printf("\n\n");
printf("__%-10s_(%s)_(%d)_\n", x[0].name, maj[getIndex(x[0].major)], x[0].seed );
printf(" |_________\n");
printf("__%-10s_(%s)_(%d)_| |\n", x[7].name, maj[getIndex(x[7].major)], x[7].seed );
printf(" |_________\n");
printf("__%-10s_(%s)_(%d)_ | |\n", x[3].name, maj[getIndex(x[3].major)], x[3].seed );
printf(" |_________| |\n");
printf("__%-10s_(%s)_(%d)_| |\n", x[4].name, maj[getIndex(x[4].major)], x[4].seed );
printf(" |_________\n");
printf("__%-10s_(%s)_(%d)_ |\n", x[1].name, maj[getIndex(x[1].major)], x[1].seed );
printf(" |_________ |\n");
printf("__%-10s_(%s)_(%d)_| | |\n", x[6].name, maj[getIndex(x[6].major)], x[6].seed );
printf(" |_________|\n");
printf("__%-10s_(%s)_(%d)_ |\n", x[2].name, maj[getIndex(x[2].major)], x[2].seed );
printf(" |_________|\n");
printf("__%-10s_(%s)_(%d)_|\n", x[5].name, maj[getIndex(x[5].major)], x[5].seed );
}
/////////////////END OF printBracket FUNCTION\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//FUNCTION: getIndex
//ARGUMENTS: ( char ): character to index
//RETURN: int
//DESCRIPTION: returns the appropriate index of the major character in the string array of printBracket
int getIndex( char c )
{
switch( c )
{
case 'e':
case 'E':
return 0;
break;
case 'h':
case 'H':
return 1;
break;
case 'm':
case 'M':
return 2;
break;
case 'c':
case 'C':
return 3;
break;
case 'b':
case 'B':
return 4;
break;
case 'u':
case 'U':
return 5;
break;
default:
return 5;
}
}
/////////////////END OF getIndex FUNCTION\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
