passing a struct

[muser]

I have a struct declared in a function: void write_crecord( struct crecord *inc )
{
/******/

}

I now want to pass this into main

int main
{
/******/

switch(temp1[0])
case 'c':
case 'C':
Processcrecord( ...... )
write_crecord( how do I pass the struct to here, along with the pointer too )

}

 

[jbruno4000]

I have a struct declared in a function: void write_crecord( struct crecord

*inc )
{
/******/

}

I now want to pass this into main

int main
{
/******/

switch(temp1[0])
case 'c':
case 'C':
Processcrecord( ...... )
write_crecord( how do I pass the struct to here, along with the pointer too )

}

Anything declared in a function is a local variable that ceases to exist once
the function terminates. Your struct should be declared in main and passed to
the function as a reference parameter.

 

[Victor Bazarov]

I have a struct declared in a function: void write_crecord( struct crecord

*inc )

What you have is an argument of a function declared to be of type
"a pointer to crecord", not "a struct declared in a function".

{
/******/

}

I now want to pass this into main

"Into main"?

int main

int main()

{
/******/

switch(temp1[0])
case 'c':
case 'C':
Processcrecord( ...... )
write_crecord( how do I pass the struct to here, along with the pointer

too )

You cannot pass a type. You need an object. Do you have an object of
type 'crecord'?

}

the usual way is

void foo(struct abc* p) // struct abc _declared_
{
/**/
}

struct abc {}; // struct abc _defined_ here

int main()
{
abc def; // an object of type 'abc'
foo(&def); // passing the address of 'def'
}

Victor