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Richard Hayde
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 Pointers & Arrays Hi,
Why does the first example below work, and not the second??
First Example:
char * Test = new char[20];
cin.getline(Test, 20);
Second Example:
char Test[20];
cin.getline(Test, 20);
Thanks,
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| Sat, 12 Feb 2005 02:17:56 GMT |
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Joona I Palast
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Pointers & Arrays
Quote: > Hi,
> Why does the first example below work, and not the second??
> First Example:
> char * Test = new char[20];
> cin.getline(Test, 20);
> Second Example:
> char Test[20];
> cin.getline(Test, 20);
What is new? What is cin.getline()? Methinks you want the comp.lang.c++
newsgroup.
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| Sat, 12 Feb 2005 02:19:25 GMT |
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Lew Pitch
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Pointers & Arrays On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 19:17:56 +0100, in comp.lang.c, "Richard Hayden"
Quote:
>Hi, >Why does the first example below work, and not the second??
>First Example:
>char * Test = new char[20];
>cin.getline(Test, 20);
This isn't ISO standard C
Quote: >Second Example: >char Test[20];
>cin.getline(Test, 20);
So, if you can supply the ISO C source for the function called getlin(),
referenced from the structure cin, then your question is off topic here.
OTOH, if this is C++, then you've got the wrong newsgroup. comp.lang.c++ is
down the hall, second door on the left.
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| Sat, 12 Feb 2005 02:20:50 GMT |
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Jirka Klau
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Pointers & Arrays
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Quote: > So, if you can supply the ISO C source for the function called getlin(),
^^^
> referenced from the structure cin, then your question is off topic here.
^^^
No chance then? ;-)
Jirka
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| Sat, 12 Feb 2005 02:34:25 GMT |
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Lew Pitch
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Pointers & Arrays On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 20:34:25 +0200, in comp.lang.c, Jirka Klaue
Quote:
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>> So, if you can supply the ISO C source for the function called getlin(),
> ^^^
I meant to say
"if you can't supply the ISO C source ..."
Boy, my typing is getting bad.
Quote: >> referenced from the structure cin, then your question is off topic here. > ^^^ >No chance then? ;-) >Jirka
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| Sat, 12 Feb 2005 03:24:21 GMT |
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Dave Near
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Pointers & Arrays On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 19:17:56 +0100, Richard Hayden said:
Quote: > Hi, > Why does the first example below work, and not the second??
> First Example:
> char * Test = new char[20];
> cin.getline(Test, 20);
> Second Example:
> char Test[20];
> cin.getline(Test, 20);
called getline which accepts a char * and an int as arguments...
the first example uses char illegally, which is a syntax error.
But both your code segments have issues with uninitialised
variables in the absence of context.
Also you don't define what "work" means - what behaviour are you
expecting, and what behaviour are you seeing?
Cheers,
Dave.
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| Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:59:27 GMT |
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Martin Ambuh
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Pointers & Arrays Quote:
> Hi,
> Why does the first example below work, and not the second??
We can't tell you, because ...
Quote: > First Example:
> char * Test = new char[20];
Quote: > cin.getline(Test, 20);
You have given no definition of the struct cin or its member pointer to
function getline or of the function to which you have made getline
point.
Quote: > Second Example:
> char Test[20];
> cin.getline(Test, 20);
associated functions work in the first (no possible in C), there is no
obvious reason for it not to work in the second (possible in C)
Perhaps you are using the broken and inferior language C++, in which
case you have posted to the wrong newsgroup.
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| Sat, 12 Feb 2005 17:08:32 GMT |
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