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Old 12-25-2019
Displaying every other line in an array.

Hi,


I have an array, that works well. But, I want to have it display every other line. Like so, 1, 3, 5, 7, etc, etc.
Here is the relevant code:

I'm sorry for the pastebin link. For some reason, I can't get the code to format properly with the code tags.

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Code:
void chomp(char *str)
{
        int len=strlen(str);

        if(len>0)
        while((len>0) && isspace(str[len-1]))
                str[--len]='\0';
}

int pbmenu(void)
{

        char buf[128];
	int row=8,col=2,arraylength=0,width=75, menulength=10,selection;

	header();

        char **testarray=NULL;
        FILE *fp=fopen("hosts.txt","r");

        while(fgets(buf,128,fp) != NULL)
        {
                chomp(buf); // Remove \n from end of line
                if(strlen(buf) > width) width=strlen(buf);
                if(!buf[0]) continue; // Ignore blank lines

                arraylength++;
                // Room for n+1 elements of char * size.
                testarray=realloc(testarray, sizeof(char *)*(arraylength+1));
                // strdup is an easy str=malloc(strlen(s)+1); strcpy(str,s);
                testarray[arraylength-1]=strdup(buf);
        }

        // The +1 gives us room for a NULL on the end.  Makes it easier to find crashes.
        testarray[arraylength]=NULL;
        fclose(fp);

        // If no elements were loaded, it will still be NULL
        if(testarray == NULL)
        {
                fprintf(stderr, "Unable to load options\n");
                exit(1);
        }

        initscr();
        noecho();
        keypad(stdscr,TRUE);

        selection=barmenu((const char const **)testarray,row,col,arraylength,width,menulength,0);


         if (selection == 0) pbtelnet(testarray[0], testarray[1], 24);
         if (selection == 1) pbtelnet(testarray[1], testarray[2], 26);

         if (selection == 2) pbtelnet(testarray[2], testarray[3], 23);
         if (selection == 3) pbtelnet(testarray[3], testarray[4], 23);

         if (selection == 4) pbtelnet(testarray[4], testarray[5], 23);
         if (selection == 5) pbtelnet(testarray[5], testarray[6], 23);
         if (selection == 6) pbtelnet(testarray[6], testarray[7], 23);
         if (selection == 7) pbtelnet(testarray[7], testarray[2], 23);

         if (selection == 8) pbtelnet(testarray[8], testarray[2], 23);
         if (selection == 9) pbtelnet(testarray[9], testarray[10], 23);
         if (selection == 10) pbtelnet(testarray[10], testarray[11], 23);
         if (selection == 11) pbtelnet(testarray[11], testarray[12], 23);

         if (selection == 12) pbtelnet(testarray[12], testarray[13], 23);
         if (selection == 13) pbtelnet(testarray[13], testarray[14], 23);
         if (selection == 14) pbtelnet(testarray[14], testarray[15], 23);
         if (selection == 15) pbtelnet(testarray[15], testarray[16], 23);

         if (selection == 16) pbtelnet(testarray[16], testarray[17], 23);
         if (selection == 17) pbtelnet(testarray[17], testarray[18], 23);
         if (selection == 18) pbtelnet(testarray[18], testarray[19], 23);
         if (selection == 19) pbtelnet(testarray[19], testarray[20], 23);

         if (selection == 20) pbtelnet(testarray[20], testarray[21], 23);
         if (selection == 21) pbtelnet(testarray[21], testarray[22], 23);
         if (selection == 22) pbtelnet(testarray[22], testarray[23], 23);

         if (selection == 23) pbtelnet(testarray[23], testarray[24], 23);

         if (selection == 24) pbtelnet(testarray[24], testarray[25], 23);
         if (selection == 25) pbtelnet(testarray[25], testarray[26], 23);
         if (selection == 26) pbtelnet(testarray[26], testarray[27], 23);
         if (selection == 27) pbtelnet(testarray[27], testarray[28], 23);

         if (selection == 28) pbtelnet(testarray[28], testarray[29], 23);
         if (selection == 29) pbtelnet(testarray[29], testarray[30], 23);

        refresh();
        getch();


        // We allocated all this stuff, so free it.
        for(col=0; col<arraylength; col++) if(testarray[col]) free(testarray[col]);
        free(testarray);

        // Cannot return -1 to commandline.  127 is the maximum we should return.
        if(selection < 0) return(127);
        // 0 has special meaning, return n+1
        return selection+1;

        endwin();

  return 0;
}


 int barmenu(const char **array,const int row, const int col, const int arraylength, const int width, int menulength, int selection)
         {
         int counter,offset=0,ky=0;
         char formatstring[7];
         curs_set(0);

         if (arraylength < menulength)
                 menulength=arraylength;

         if (selection > menulength)
                 offset=selection-menulength+1;

         sprintf(formatstring,"%%-%ds",width); // remove - sign to right-justify the menu items

         while(ky != 27)
                 {
                 for (counter=0; counter < menulength; counter++)
                         {
                         if (counter+offset==selection)
                                 attron(COLOR_PAIR(1));
                         mvprintw(row+counter,col,formatstring,array[counter+offset]);
                         attroff(COLOR_PAIR(1));
                         }

                 ky=getch();

                 switch(ky)
                         {
                         case KEY_UP:
                                 if (selection)
                                         {
                                         selection--;
                                         if (selection < offset)
                                                 offset--;
                                         }
                                 break;
                         case KEY_DOWN:
                                 if (selection < arraylength-1)
                                         {
                                         selection++;
                                         if (selection > offset+menulength-1)
                                                 offset++;
                                         }
                                 break;
                         case KEY_HOME:
                                 selection=0;
                                 offset=0;
                                 break;
                         case KEY_END:
                                 selection=arraylength-1;
                                 offset=arraylength-menulength;
                                 break;
                         case KEY_PPAGE:
                                 selection-=menulength;
                                 if (selection < 0)
                                         selection=0;
                                 offset-=menulength;
                                 if (offset < 0)
                                         offset=0;
                                 break;
                         case KEY_NPAGE:
                                 selection+=menulength;
                                 if (selection > arraylength-1)
                                         selection=arraylength-1;
                                 offset+=menulength;
                                 if (offset > arraylength-menulength)
                                         offset=arraylength-menulength;
                                 break;

                         case 10: //enter
                                 return selection;
                                 break;
                         case KEY_F(1): // function key 1
                                 return -1;
                         case 27: //esc
                                 // esc twice to get out, otherwise eat the chars that don't work
                                 //from home or end on the keypad
//				 system("touch temp");
                                 ky=getch();
                                 if (ky == 27)
                                         {
                                         curs_set(0);
                                         mvaddstr(9,77,"   ");
                                         return -1;
                                         }
                                 else
                                         if (ky=='[')
                                                 {
                                                 getch();
                                                 getch();
                                                 }
                                         else
                                                 ungetch(ky);
                         }
                 }
         return -1;
}


Thank you.

Last edited by Neo; 12-26-2019 at 01:45 AM.. Reason: Code Tags Please See YT Video on this: https://youtu.be/4BuPvWJV__k
# 2  
Old 12-26-2019
Ok. I solved it. I just created a second array. And it's working. Thanks to everyone.
# 3  
Old 12-27-2019
Rather than the effort and cost of a second array, could you create a flag that is either zero or one. You then have a simple test to add to your code:-
  • If the flag is zero, display the output and set the flag to one
  • If the flag is one, display nothing and set the flag to zero
Does that logic help?



Kind regards,
Robin
# 4  
Old 12-27-2019
Yes. The logic helps. However, i'm a newbie. And it's just easier to write arrays... A new problem has arisen.

I created an array (testarray3), but for some reason it doesn't display when I do a

Code:
           if (selection == 0) pbtelnet(testarray[0], testarray2[0], testarray3[0]);

Here is the relevant code:
Code:
           char buf3[128];
           int arraylength3=0; 
           char **testarray3=NULL;
           FILE *fp3=fopen("hosts3.txt","r"); 

           while(fgets(buf3,128,fp3) != NULL)
           { 
                         chomp(buf3); // Remove \n from end of line
                         if(strlen(buf3) > width) width=strlen(buf3); 
                         if(!buf3[0]) continue; // Ignore blank lines
                         arraylength3++; 
                         // Room for n+1 elements of char * size. 
                         testarray3=realloc(testarray3, sizeof(char *)*(arraylength3+1)); 
                         // strdup is an easy str=malloc(strlen(s)+1); strcpy(str,s); 
                         testarray3[arraylength3-1]=strdup(buf3); 
           }
           // The +1 gives us room for a NULL on the end.  Makes it easier to find crashes. 
           testarray3[arraylength3]=NULL; 
           fclose(fp3);         

           // If no elements were loaded, it will still be NULL 
           if(testarray3 == NULL)         
           {                 
                         fprintf(stderr, "Unable to load options\n"); 
                         exit(1); 
           }

And here is the prototype for pbtelnet:
Code:
            int pbtelnet(const char *name, const char *address, const char *portnum);


Thanks for any and all help. It is greatly appreciated.
# 5  
Old 12-28-2019
Let me explain the pbtelnet function further. It uses the first array (testarray1) to display the name of the BBS. The second array (testarray2) contains the actual address of the BBS to connect to. And the third array (testarray3) contains the port number to use.

Thanks for any and all help. It is greatly appreciated.

Last edited by ignatius; 12-28-2019 at 05:21 PM..
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