Subj : Re: strange string pointer to strings...?
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Bob Gonder
Date : Fri Sep 30 2005 11:55 am

Thomas Maeder [TeamB] wrote:

>Bob Gonder  writes:
>
>>>/* list of words and meanings */
>>>char  *dic[][40] = {
>>>  "atlas", "A volume of maps.",
>>
>> This would more properly be written
>>
>> char  *dic[] = {
>> 	  "atlas", "A volume of maps.",
>> 	  "car", "A motorized vehicle.",
>> 	  "telephone", "A communication device.",
>> 	  "airplane", "A flying machine.",
>>
>> 	0,0  /* null terminate the list */
>> 	};
>
>Better yet
>
>char const *dic[][40] = {

Now, see... that looks a lot like a two dimensional array of pointers
to me.

Perhaps
typedef	struct{char entry[40];}	dic_entry;
	dic_entry const * dic[] = {

 If you want a literal array, just
const char dic[][40] = {
A one-dimensional array of [40 char] entities.

In fact, I just compiled this and set the dump view of debug to dic,
and saw a whole bunch of zeros between dic2 and dic3 (about 30
pointer's worth). The only zeros between dic and dic2 are the nulls.

typedef	struct{char entry[40];}	dic_entry;

	/* An array of 10 pointers */
	dic_entry*dic[] = {
	 	  "atlas", "A volume of maps.",
	 	  "car", "A motorized vehicle.",
	 	  "telephone", "A communication device.",
	 	  "airplane", "A flying machine.",
		0,0};

	/* An array of 10 pointers */
	char const *dic1[] = {
	 	  "atlas", "A volume of maps.",
	 	  "car", "A motorized vehicle.",
	 	  "telephone", "A communication device.",
	 	  "airplane", "A flying machine.",
		0,0};

	/* One array of 40 pointers, zero-filled */
	char const*dic2[][40] = {
	 	  "atlas", "A volume of maps.",
	 	  "car", "A motorized vehicle.",
	 	  "telephone", "A communication device.",
	 	  "airplane", "A flying machine.",
		0,0};

	/* so we can see the end of the array */
	char const*dic3[] = {1,2,3,4};

	/* 10 asciz strings ocupying 40 bytes each */
	char const dic5[][40] = {
	 	  "atlas", "A volume of maps.",
	 	  "car", "A motorized vehicle.",
	 	  "telephone", "A communication device.",
	 	  "airplane", "A flying machine.",
		0,0};

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