list of strings

[todorov]

Hi all,

I have a strange problem occuring when i declare an array of strings in
ANSI C style:

if i have something like :

struct blabla {

//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };

};

, it doesn't work. But if i declare it by itself (not in a struct - i.e
for instance in the outmost scope of any function) , it works. What am
i doing wrong? Thanks a lot.

 

[Keith Thompson]

I have a strange problem occuring when i declare an array of strings in
ANSI C style:

if i have something like :

struct blabla {

//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };

};

, it doesn't work. But if i declare it by itself (not in a struct - i.e
for instance in the outmost scope of any function) , it works. What am
i doing wrong? Thanks a lot.

A struct member declaration can't include an initializer.

You can initialize a struct member as part of the initializer for a
struct object.

 

[Mike Wahler]

Hi all,

I have a strange problem occuring when i declare an array of strings in
ANSI C style:

if i have something like :

struct blabla {

//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };

};

, it doesn't work. But if i declare it by itself (not in a struct - i.e
for instance in the outmost scope of any function) , it works. What am
i doing wrong? Thanks a lot.

struct blabla {
char *names[3];
} bla = {{"name1", "name2", "name3"}};

-Mike

 

[Emmanuel Delahaye]

todorov a écrit :

struct blabla {

//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };

};

Wrong way. Try this :

struct blabla {
//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };
}
=
{
//... ,
{"name1", "name2", "name3"},
};

 

[Emmanuel Delahaye]

todorov a écrit :

struct blabla {

//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };

};

Wrong way. Try this :

struct blabla {
//...
char **names;
}
=
{
//... ,
{"name1", "name2", "name3"},
};

 

[Simon Biber]

todorov a écrit :

struct blabla {

//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };

};

Wrong way. Try this :

struct blabla {
//...
char **names;

You can't initialise a scalar with more than one element. This should be
char *names[3];

}

The name of the object you are declaring is missing.

 

[Barry Schwarz]

Hi all,

I have a strange problem occuring when i declare an array of strings in
ANSI C style:

if i have something like :

struct blabla {

//...
char *names[] = {"name1","name2", "name3" };

};

, it doesn't work. But if i declare it by itself (not in a struct - i.e
for instance in the outmost scope of any function) , it works. What am
i doing wrong? Thanks a lot.

That is not an array of strings. It is an array of pointers.


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