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Subj : how to initialize this?
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Eric <nospam@email.com>
Date : Wed Oct 15 2003 09:58 am

Hi,
  I want to simplify this so later if i add a field it deosnt all have to be 
re-written.

Here's what i want:

typedef struct {
  char *Name;
  int  Value; 
}TAnimal;

TAnimal Farm0[] = {{"dog", 0}, {"horse", 4}, {"cow", 6}};
TAnimal Farm1[] = {{"dog", 0}, {"horse", 4}, {"cow", 6}};
TAnimal Farm2[] = {{"dog", 0}, {"horse", 4}, {"cow", 6}};
TAnimal Farm3[] = {{"dog", 0}, {"horse", 4}, {"cow", 6}};

Each array is the same, in the real world i would use them for
repetitive items. The trouble i have now is that if i want to 
add say {"cat", 0} i have to insert it in each array.

How do i declare an intiailzed type so that it is something like this:

typedef struct {
  char *Name;
  int  Value; 
}TAnimal;

typedef TAnimal TFarm[] = {{"dog", 0}, {"horse", 4}, {"cow", 6}};

TFarms Farms[4];

so suppose my input is

[Farm-01]
  Pig = 12
  Cow = 57
  Horse=3 

And now (if i can find a way to do such a thing)
  FarmNum = get number from [Farm-01]  == 1
  Next iterate through the possible animals
  if  Farms[FarmNum].Name[1] == "horse" // found a horse so record its value
     Farms[FarmNum].Value[1] = 4

And to add a new animal i would simply do this (at compile time of course)
typedef TAnimal TFarm[] = {{"dog", 0}, {"horse", 4}, {"cow", 6}, {"pig", 
22}};

I hope i am explaining what I'm after clearly enough.
I need to iterate through this list taken from an input file and for each 
[Farm-00]
  Pig = 2
  Cow = 5
[Farm-01]
  Pig = 12
  Cow = 57

When i see a [] header i extract the Farm number and use it to index
my Farms array, since all Farms array have the same elements but may
have different integer values for the various animals I can do this in a 
nice neat loop, Adding Farms means no real extra code, adding animals also 
means the parser that gets the values for the animals doesnt change.

Thanks
Eric

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