C++ :: Dynamically Allocate Memory To Struct
Sep 24, 2014
I CANT use std::string, classes, constructors for this project. I am required to use this archaic method of c-style strings with dynamic memory allocation occurring outside the struct.. i know its not the best way to go about this, but there's nothing i can go. I have a struct:
struct card {
char *suit;
char *rank;
int cvalue;
}
I've created a pointer of size 52 for my deck
card *deckPtr = new card[52];
card *deckHome = &deckPtr[0];
I then try to use
for(int i=0;i<52;i++) {
(*deckPtr).suit = new char[8];
(*deckPtr).rank = new char[7];
deckPtr++
}
deckPtr=deckHome;
I am essentially trying to fill in these arrays from a card file, but I cannot make it past running the program, i get sa seg fault which I dont understand why.
I dynamically allocate memory in my card read in function..
void cardInit(card *deckPtr) {
card *deckHome = &deckPointer[0];
ifstream fin;
char *finName = new char[13];
cin >> *finName
fin.open(finName)
[Code] ....
Its a pretty simple program..and my dynamic memory works for the file name, but I cant figure out why it doesnt work for structs?
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Jul 26, 2014
I know I can allocate it this way, on the stack:
char* str[5];
for(i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
str[i] = new char[STR_SIZE];
}
But if I want to allocate array size through 'new', what's the syntax for that?
I thought this might work, but it gives error: "Initialization with {...} expected for aggregate object"
char* newString[] = new char[5][ARRAYSIZE];
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Aug 31, 2014
Write a program that dynamically allocates an array large enough to hold a user-defined number of test scores. Once all the scores are entered by the user, the array must be passed to a function that sorts them in ascending order. It must use another function that calculates the average score. The program should display the sorted list of scores and average with appropriate headings. The program must use pointer notation instead of array notation. Validation: Do not accept negative numbers for test scores; keep prompting the user for a new grade. Do not accept negative numbers for the number of scores the user wants to enter.
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
// Function prototypes
double getAverage(int*, int);
void sortScore(int *,int );
[Code] ....
I have no errors in my code but when i run it and i enter a positive interger it just goes into a loop to enter a positive number.
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Jan 31, 2013
i don't understand why this program crash if i'll insert a number more of 5 times... i want to allocate dynamically a vector if the input of the user exceeds 5 times... this is the code:
Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main()
{
int * vettore, n;
unsigned int len=1;
}
[code]....
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Oct 25, 2013
I'm currently learning templates -- & my logic is in a knot with what I am trying to do which is the following:
-Create a function name load
-Accepts a filename (the filename is a text file of integers)
-Open the file
-Create an array(dynamically allocating an array) filling it with the elements read in from the file & returns the array(so that the return type of the array is a pointer to the element type of the array).
//Header file:
#ifndef BUBBLE_SORT_H
#define BUBBLE_SORT_H
#include <iostream>
template <typename T>
void load(std::string filename, T *&arr, int *size);
[code].....
how to allocate memory when it comes to using templates..
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Nov 8, 2013
I am trying to make a function that allows me to allocate memory to a "mem" variable and setting each of its chunk's status to FREE. FREE is defined as 0. Below is my code of the function.
Code:
int allocate(mem *mm, int num_chunks, int chunk_size) {
int i;
mem *temp;
if((mm = (mem *) malloc((num_chunks + 1) * chunk_size)) == NULL){
perror("Failed to Malloc
[code]...
mem; If my function works the way it should, it should print out five 0 because that is how I set them in the function, but this is not the case. I've looked at my function for 2 hours, but I could not figure out any logical error. Now, I think my problem lies with my limited knowledge of pointer arithmetic. On the other hand, when I insert 1000 as the second argument into my function, it gives seg faults, which is not the case for smaller values like 5, 10, 15, etc.
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Jan 13, 2013
what i want to do is if memory allocation fails it display a message shown in the example but its not working
vehiptr = new VEHICLE[vnum];
if(vehiptr == 0)
{
cout<<"Failed to Allocate Memory"<<endl;
return main();
}
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Mar 8, 2014
I’m writing an application for raw image processing but I cannot allocate the necessary block of memory, the following simple code gives me an allocation error.
double (*test)[4];
int block = 32747520;
test = new double[block][4];
off course with smaller block size (i.e. int block = 327475;) it works fine. Is there an allocation limit? How it is possible to deal with big blocks of memory?
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Nov 5, 2014
There is a part in the lesson that explains how malloc is used to allocate free memory to a pointer and gives us 2 examples:
Code:
float *ptr = malloc( sizeof(*ptr) ); and Code: float *ptr;
ptr = malloc( sizeof(*ptr) );
From my logic in the first case we allocate the memory to *ptr and in the second to ptr.
It's a bit confusing, am I missing something?
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Jun 13, 2014
Consider this program:
Code:
// sb_string class v1.04
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
typedef struct sb_string {
[Code] ....
And here is the output I got:
Code:
[harshvardhan@hari-rudra] ~/Desktop% gcc49 -o test test.c
[harshvardhan@hari-rudra] ~/Desktop% ./test
-before Value of len = 1
(in_function)-before Value of len = 1
(in_function)-after Value of len = 1
-after Value of len = 1 I was trying to make a little easier to work with string. Once the memory is allocated by malloc via sb_init() function, the sb_massacre function wasn't working to deallocate the memory. I had used multiple versions of gcc and clang but the result is same.
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Aug 30, 2013
So my assignment is to create a program that calls for a function in main that dynamically allocates an array[3] and then have pointers with multiple levels of indirection and pass them by reference so they are not lost after the function. Here is my code:
#include <iostream>
#include <array>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
[Code]....
Next part is to ask user for two non-negative numbers and then get the length of those numbers and create an array. for the size of each number they input. Then to separate those numbers and add the cross-sums.
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Jan 2, 2013
A special hardware unit with some storage in it is connected to your computer and is memory-mapped so that its storage is accessible in the address range 0x55500000 – 0x555fffff. You want to interface this hardware unit to your C++ program so that dynamic memory is allocated in this hardware unit, not in your computer’s memory. Implement a class MyHardwareMemAllocator which has the following function.
void * allocMemoryInMyHardware(int numberOfBytesToAllocate);
which returns a pointer to the allocated memory chunk, or null if unable to allocate.
C library calls like malloc are not allowed.
1) How to allocate memory from given address range.
2) How to check whether this required memory space is available or not for allocating
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I use the array of Radiobutton,string,.. in my project. How i can destruct these array from memory,because i see the stackoverflew exception.
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Jan 24, 2013
I created a structure containing two variables of type char.
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Sep 18, 2013
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Code:
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#define array
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[Code]....
When I am using malloc instead of arrays the code is not working properly after exit. I have tried alot but can't came up with a way
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May 4, 2013
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Since the array is a dynamically allocated of typdef struct, it's sorted by the date of each struct, with an intial size of 25. But whenever the array needs to be resized, it should be doubled.
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Mar 3, 2014
I am trying to store each value of a column from a text file into an dynamically allocated array, which needs to be globally declared for further usage in the program.The input textfile contains the following:
34932 13854 13854 2012-01-07
172098 49418 53269 2012-01-07
I have written the following code:
Code:
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<string.h>
int main()
}
[code]....
The commented printf line gives the entire values of the column, which proves that the file is correctly being read.But on compiling this program I get both compiler warnings and finally segmentation fault.
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Feb 26, 2013
Having some frustrating issues trying to free memory from a dynamically allocated array of pointers to linked lists. I think the problem is in how I initialize the pointers to NULL. Is there a more elegant way to have the program recognize that the list is empty so it knows to create a head node for the linked list in the function 'add_end_stub_to_array'?
I ran the code through Valgrind and it says that memory is definitely lost from this array.
This is the structure definition.
Code: struct stub_edge {
int loc_id;
int anim_type;
int mkt;
struct stub_edge *next_node;
};
Here is the code snippet from main allocating and deallocating memory to the array.
Code:
struct stub_edge **stub_list = (struct stub_edge **)malloc( sizeof(struct stub_edge *) * 12);
for (i = 0; i < 12; i++)
{
stub_list[i] = (struct stub_edge *)malloc(sizeof(struct stub_edge));
stub_list[i] = NULL;
}
stub_list = add_end_stub_to_array(end_stubs, stub_list);
destroy_end_stub_array(stub_list);
Here the function for adding nodes to the lists by reading through a dynamically allocated 2D array. (The end_stubs array is ordered by month and each linked list represents events occuring within the month).
Code:
struct stub_edge **add_end_stub_to_array(int **end_stubs, struct stub_edge **list)
{
long int i = 0;
int mon = 0;
struct stub_edge *current_node1;
struct stub_edge *new_node1;
int break1 = 0;
while(i < num_edges && break1 == 0 && mon < 12)
[Code]...
Here is the function for freeing memory from the list.
Code:
void destroy_end_stub_array(struct stub_edge **list)
{
if(list != NULL)
{
int mon = 0;
struct stub_edge *current_node1;
struct stub_edge *new_node1;
for(mon = 0; mon < 12; mon++)
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Sep 9, 2013
Do you have to allocate memory(malloc) for an array of structs? Example:
Code:
typedef struct{
char * name;
}First;
struct name{
First fname;
};
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Jun 27, 2014
I have trouble reading the last element in a struct.I do get the correct value for the first two elements. In my example that is:
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however I get:
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but I am expecting b=2
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Code:
#include <sys/shm.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
}
[code]....
why I cannot get correct value for the third element in my struct?In the second file where I'm reading from memory I allocate some space. Is this incorrect in some way? I'm running this on a Linux machine.
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notepad.h
Code: namespace Ui {
class Notepad;
}
class Notepad : public QMainWindow
[Code] ....
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Mar 29, 2012
In the code below:
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[Code] ....
The outuput is:
i: 10
t: (some memory position).
If I really want to allocate an integer variable to t, i need to modify the void test(int * i) procedure to void test(int *& i).
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May 17, 2012
I have the following code:
Code:
unsigned int bh = 3;
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float s[b];
I get the following 3 compilation errors:
error C2057: expected constant expression
error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
error C2133: 's' : unknown size
I am using Visual Studios 2010. What is wrong?
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[Code] .....
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