box-o-sand/ex15.c
2011-09-19 23:09:29 -04:00

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C

#include <stdio.h>
void print_with_array_indexing(int count, char **names, int *ages)
{
int i = 0;
// first way using indexing
while(i < count) {
printf("%s has %d years alive.\n",
names[i], ages[i]);
i++;
}
printf("---\n");
}
void print_with_pointer_arithmetic(int count, char **names, int *ages)
{
int i = 0;
// setup the pointers to the start of the arrays
int *cur_age = ages;
char **cur_name = names;
// second way using pointers
while(i < count) {
printf("%s is %d years old.\n",
*(cur_name+i), *(cur_age+i));
i++;
}
printf("---\n");
}
void print_with_pointers_as_arrays(int count, char **names, int *ages)
{
int i = 0;
int *cur_age = ages;
char **cur_name = names;
// third way, pointers are just arrays
while(i < count) {
printf("%s is %d years old again.\n",
cur_name[i], cur_age[i]);
i++;
}
printf("---\n");
}
void print_in_stupidly_complex_way(int count, char **names, int *ages)
{
int *cur_age = ages;
char **cur_name = names;
// fourth way with pointers in a stupid complex way
while((cur_age - ages) < count) {
printf("%s lived %d years so far.\n",
*cur_name++, *cur_age++);
}
printf("---\n");
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
// create two arrays we care about
int ages[] = {23, 43, 12, 89, 2};
char *names[] = {
"Alan", "Frank",
"Mary", "John", "Lisa"
};
// safely get the size of ages
int count = sizeof(ages) / sizeof(int);
print_with_array_indexing(count, names, ages);
print_with_pointer_arithmetic(count, names, ages);
print_with_pointers_as_arrays(count, names, ages);
print_in_stupidly_complex_way(count, names, ages);
int i;
char **arg = argv;
for(i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
printf("argument %d is '%s' (address = %p)\n", i, *arg, arg);
arg++;
}
return 0;
}