passing array of type struct to function

Code:

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typedef struct stA
{
    int a,b;
};

main()
{
    stA elems[] = {{10,10},{20,20},{30,30}};
    func(elems);
}

void func(stA *arr)
{
    cout << arr[0].a << endl;
}

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Q 1) Is there a way of finding the number of array elements inside the function?
Q 2) Is there a way of passing the elements of array in the function call itself? Something like: func({{10,10},{20,20},{30,30}}

Thanks

1) No, you have to pass the size separately.
2) No.

> Q 1) Is there a way of finding the number of array elements inside the function?
No.
Unless you have some kind of magic marker (like \0 for strings), and even then, that only tells you where the marker is, not how big the underlying array is.

> Is there a way of passing the elements of array in the function call itself?
You can do this in gcc (it's an extension), but it isn't standard C.

Q 1) Is there a way of finding the number of array elements inside the function?
No, There is no way u could find the length of an array within the function. Either u have to send them as an extra parameter to the function or you could declare then globally such as macros or variable(not a good idea).

Is there a way of passing the elements of array in the function call itself? Something like:

Code:

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func({{10,10},{20,20},{30,30}}

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I don't think u can do as above. But u could send each struct element to the function

ssharish2005

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> Is there a way of passing the elements of array in the function call itself?
You can do this in gcc (it's an extension), but it isn't standard C.

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I think C99 allows this:

Code:

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struct s_t {
    int x, y;
};

void func(struct s_t) {}

func((struct s_t){1, 2});

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Maybe it only works for pointers or something . . . and I have no idea if it works with arrays. Or if it's widely supported. Or maybe it is just a GCC extension.

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1) Is there a way of finding the number of array elements inside the function?

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No, but you could:

1. Pass the number of elements in the array to the function.
2. Use a sentenial value like '\0' to delimit the end, or set the first element to the number of elements, or something.
3. Have a global variable or a constant that indicates the number of elements. (Sort of a variation of 1.)