copy array of strings in single pointer
 

I have double pointer say char **id having the array of strings in ascii like id[0]= "3132" id[1]= "3635" ..etc so when i do printf %s of id[0] and id[1] i get 12 and 65 as output.
I need to store these output values in a char *p pointer so that at later point i can get these values using index p[0],p[1] .. etc.
I have tried for(i=0;i<size;i++)sprintf(p+i,"%s",id[i]) but it did not help. Any other ideas. Thanks for the help.

Re: copy array of strings in single pointer
 

On 24/08/2012 11:54, raghujindia@gmail.com wrote:
[Aside - gmail's getting worse isn't it?]

> I have double pointer say char **id having the array of strings

I think you need to learn the terminology, so you can ask your
questions clearly. "double pointer" is most likely to be read as
a pointer to a double. That's not what you have - you have a pointer
to a pointer to char, which in this case seems to be a pointer to
the first of an array of pointers, each of which points to the first
character of a C string.

> in ascii like id[0]= "3132" id[1]= "3635" ..etc so when i do
> printf %s of id[0] and id[1] i get 12 and 65 as output.

"3132" isn't what you mean, either

> I need to store these output values in a char *p pointer

Well you can't. All you can store in a char * is one address
which is the address of a char.

> so that at later point i can get these values using index
> p[0],p[1] .. etc.

If p is char *, then p[0] is a char.

> I have tried for(i=0;i<size;i++)sprintf(p+i,"%s",id[i])
> but it did not help.

I'm not surprised.

>Any other ideas.

Tell us more clearly what you are trying to achieve, and
show us real compilable code.

http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: copy array of strings in single pointer
 

On Friday, August 24, 2012 4:42:43 PM UTC+5:30, Mark Bluemel wrote:
> On 24/08/2012 11:54, wrote:
>
> [Aside - gmail's getting worse isn't it?]
>
>
>
> > I have double pointer say char **id having the array of strings
>
>
>
> I think you need to learn the terminology, so you can ask your
>
> questions clearly. "double pointer" is most likely to be read as
>
> a pointer to a double. That's not what you have - you have a pointer
>
> to a pointer to char, which in this case seems to be a pointer to
>
> the first of an array of pointers, each of which points to the first
>
> character of a C string.
>
>
>
> > in ascii like id[0]= "3132" id[1]= "3635" ..etc so when i do
>
> > printf %s of id[0] and id[1] i get 12 and 65 as output.
>
>
>
> "3132" isn't what you mean, either
>
>
>
> > I need to store these output values in a char *p pointer
>
>
>
> Well you can't. All you can store in a char * is one address
>
> which is the address of a char.
>
>
>
> > so that at later point i can get these values using index
>
> > p[0],p[1] .. etc.
>
>
>
> If p is char *, then p[0] is a char.
>
>
>
> > I have tried for(i=0;i<size;i++)sprintf(p+i,"%s",id[i])
>
> > but it did not help.
>
>
>
> I'm not surprised.
>
>
>
> >Any other ideas.
>
>
>
> Tell us more clearly what you are trying to achieve, and
>
> show us real compilable code.
>
>
>
> http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


I'm sorry Maybe I did not frame my query correctly. There are ascii stringsstored in a memory and that memory address is stored in a pointer to a double. I need to store these ascii string values in my memory location.
Say A = "string1" , B = "string2" where A and B are memory addresses. These A,B are stored in a pointer to double i.e say if char **dp is the pointer to a double, then dp[0] contains A and dp[1] contains B . if char *ptris a pointer pointing my memory location, I need to copy those ascii strings in ptr.
Hope I'm clear. thanks for the help.

Re: copy array of strings in single pointer
 

raghujindia@gmail.com wrote:
> I have double pointer say char **id having the array of strings in
> ascii like id[0]= "3132" id[1]= "3635" ..etc so when i do printf %s
> of id[0] and id[1] i get 12 and 65 as output. I need to store these
> output values in a char *p pointer so that at later point i can get
> these values using index p[0],p[1] .. etc. I have tried
> for(i=0;i<size;i++)sprintf(p+i,"%s",id[i]) but it did not help. Any
> other ideas. Thanks for the help.
>

I have a little trouble understanding you, so I will guess at what you
want. This ain't tested code. It's whiteboard code.

// This is your double pointer thing using array notation
// If you try it, try double pointer notation - should work
// fine.

char *alph[] = {
"One",
"Two",
"Three"
};

char bob[4096];

char *p = bob.

int main(void)
{
const int lim = sizeof(alph)/sizeof(alph[0]);
// alph[0] is still a pointer
assert(lim==3); // sanity check - comment out later.

memset(bob,0,sizeof(bob));

for (k=0;k<lim;k++)
{
strcat(p,alph[k]);
p += strlen(p);
p++;
}
// \0 means a null character.
// At this point, bob is "One\0Two\0Three\0\0....\0"

p = bob[0];

k = 0;
while (*p)
{
printf("%d: %s\n",k,p);
p+= strlen(p);
p++; // past the null...
k++;
}

return 0;
}

--
Les Cargill

Re: copy array of strings in single pointer
 

<raghujindia@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:17cd55c9-b1c6-494d-b6fa-6bcd26963d6d@googlegroups.com...

I'm sorry Maybe I did not frame my query correctly. There are ascii strings
stored in a memory and that memory address is stored in a pointer to a
double. I need to store these ascii string values in my memory location.
Say A = "string1" , B = "string2" where A and B are memory addresses. These
A,B are stored in a pointer to double i.e say if char **dp is the pointer to
a double, then dp[0] contains A and dp[1] contains B . if char *ptr is a
pointer pointing my memory location, I need to copy those ascii strings in
ptr.
Hope I'm clear. thanks for the help.
------------------------------------------------------------------
I still can't believe that you mean "pointer to a double". double is a
numeric floating point type. Do you mean pointer to a pair of strings?

Re: copy array of strings in single pointer
 

On Friday, August 24, 2012 5:36:23 PM UTC+5:30, Heinrich Wolf wrote:
> <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>
> ...
>
>
>
> I'm sorry Maybe I did not frame my query correctly. There are ascii strings
>
> stored in a memory and that memory address is stored in a pointer to a
>
> double. I need to store these ascii string values in my memory location.
>
> Say A = "string1" , B = "string2" where A and B are memory addresses. These
>
> A,B are stored in a pointer to double i.e say if char **dp is the pointer to
>
> a double, then dp[0] contains A and dp[1] contains B . if char *ptr is a
>
> pointer pointing my memory location, I need to copy those ascii strings in
>
> ptr.
>
> Hope I'm clear. thanks for the help.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I still can't believe that you mean "pointer to a double". double is a
>
> numeric floating point type. Do you mean pointer to a pair of strings?

Oops.. my bad..
I meant its a pointer to pointer.

Re: copy array of strings in single pointer
 

On 08/24/2012 07:31 AM, raghujindia@gmail.com wrote:
....
> I'm sorry Maybe I did not frame my query correctly. There are ascii strings stored in a memory and that memory address is stored in a pointer to a double. I need to store these ascii string values in my memory location.
> Say A = "string1" , B = "string2" where A and B are memory addresses. These A,B are stored in a pointer to double i.e say if char **dp is the pointer to a double, then dp[0] contains A and dp[1] contains B . if char *ptr is a pointer pointing my memory location, I need to copy those ascii strings in ptr.
> Hope I'm clear. thanks for the help.

Since the only things that you describe involving doubles are your
pointers to double, I strongly suspect that you should not be using such
pointers for this purpose. Wherever you currently have double* (a
pointer to double), try replacing it with char** (a pointer to a pointer
to char). Without a clearer statement of your problem, it's hard to give
more specific advice, but that at least should be a good starting point.

The best way to make it clear what you want is to provide a code sample.
Preferably a complete working program, as small as possible while
demonstrating what you're talking about. If your problem is that you
can't get it to work, a complete compilable program is second best. If
your problem is that you can't get it to compile, a complete program
that doesn't compiler and the associated error messages would be
helpful. If you can't even figure out how to start, you at least need to
provide a better description of what you're trying to do.

It's clear that you don't know how to correctly use words describing C
language constructs - it might be better to describe what you want to do
in terms of what a user of your program would see, rather than in terms
of how your program does it.
--
James Kuyper

Re: copy array of strings in single pointer
 

On Friday, August 24, 2012 5:16:37 PM UTC+5:30, Les Cargill wrote:
> wrote:
>
> > I have double pointer say char **id having the array of strings in
>
> > ascii like id[0]= "3132" id[1]= "3635" ..etc so when i do printf %s
>
> > of id[0] and id[1] i get 12 and 65 as output. I need to store these
>
> > output values in a char *p pointer so that at later point i can get
>
> > these values using index p[0],p[1] .. etc. I have tried
>
> > for(i=0;i<size;i++)sprintf(p+i,"%s",id[i]) but it did not help. Any
>
> > other ideas. Thanks for the help.
>
> >
>
>
>
> I have a little trouble understanding you, so I will guess at what you
>
> want. This ain't tested code. It's whiteboard code.
>
>
>
> // This is your double pointer thing using array notation
>
> // If you try it, try double pointer notation - should work
>
> // fine.
>
>
>
> char *alph[] = {
>
> "One",
>
> "Two",
>
> "Three"
>
> };
>
>
>
> char bob[4096];
>
>
>
> char *p = bob.
>
>
>
> int main(void)
>
> {
>
> const int lim = sizeof(alph)/sizeof(alph[0]);
>
> // alph[0] is still a pointer
>
> assert(lim==3); // sanity check - comment out later.
>
>
>
> memset(bob,0,sizeof(bob));
>
>
>
> for (k=0;k<lim;k++)
>
> {
>
> strcat(p,alph[k]);
>
> p += strlen(p);
>
> p++;
>
> }
>
> // \0 means a null character.
>
> // At this point, bob is "One\0Two\0Three\0\0....\0"
>
>
>
> p = bob[0];
>
>
>
> k = 0;
>
> while (*p)
>
> {
>
> printf("%d: %s\n",k,p);
>
> p+= strlen(p);
>
> p++; // past the null...
>
> k++;
>
> }
>
>
>
> return 0;
>
> }
>
>
>
> --
>
> Les Cargill

thanks a lot.