First, %s in a printf() format string causes printf() to expect a pointer to a string, so you want to pass str and not what it's pointing to (not *str).
Secondly, you need to copy the constant string to the buffer you allocated. Unlike scripting languages, you cannot use an assignment to cause the buffer to be filled
The real problem is that when you say "*str = "hello there"" what you're telling the compiler is to set the value of the memory location pointed to by str to the address of the string "hello there" which resides inside the program's data segment. Because "hello there" is a static string in the program, it must exist in the data segment. Since it's not a heap address, it can not be reallocated via realloc, so it fails when you call realloc.
Hello, I read from a book exercise for a challenge. How to print out each letter of char array a by two different pointers pa and ppa in the example?
I have tried my code for letter "r" by testing without full understanding as only the first one worked.
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
char... (17 Replies)
I have a special character called ô. When it is declared as a character variable its showing it can be printed. But when it is declared as a character pointer variable its showing it cannot be printed. I am just wondering why its happening like this..
c1 = '@';
c2 = 'ô';
char *fp;
fp="XXô";
if... (1 Reply)
I am new to shared pointer conceot in C++ and hence require some clarification:
For example:
class A
{
public:
virtual ~A()
{
}
int x;
};
typedef boost::shared_ptr<A>... (1 Reply)
If one wants to get a start address of a array or a string or a block of memory via a function, there are at least two methods to achieve it:
(1) one is to pass a pointer-to-pointer parameter, like:
int my_malloc(int size, char **pmem)
{
*pmem=(char *)malloc(size);
if(*pmem==NULL)... (11 Replies)
I am using a structure defined as follows
struct gene_square
{
double *x;
double *y;
};I have class, with a member function which is a pointer of this type:
gene_square* m_Genes;I am allocating memory in the constructors like this:
m_Genes = new gene_square;
for (ii=0;... (1 Reply)
Hi I mash with pointers in C. I solve this problem about 5 hours and I don't know how I should continue.
void InsertFirst (tList *L, int val) {
tElemPtr new;
if((new = malloc(sizeof(tElemPtr))) == NULL) Error();
new->data = val;
new->ptr = L->frst;
L->frst = new;... (2 Replies)
Hi all
i wonder about function pointers as i never used them in my C code .
could any tell me why and where exactly function pointers come into
picture .
thanq (1 Reply)
HI,
Here is some thing that is puzzling me from a long time.
Can some body explain me this with example.
The question is :-
What is the difference between function pointer and pointer to a function.
Where do we actually use the function pointers and pointer to functions.
Thanks in... (0 Replies)