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Passing dynamic arrays c++
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// elaborated from https://github.com/Headturna/Examples/blob/master/Examples/Example34.cpp | |
#include<iostream> | |
// note arrays always pass by reference, so any change within the function modifies the passed array | |
void test1(int* (arr), int length) // passing a pointer to a function | |
{ | |
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) | |
{ | |
arr[i] = i * 10; | |
} | |
} | |
void test2(int* (&arr), int length) // passing a pointer by reference to a function | |
{ | |
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) | |
{ | |
arr[i] = i * 10; | |
} | |
} | |
void test3(int(arr[]), int length) // passing an array | |
{ | |
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) | |
{ | |
arr[i] = i * 10; | |
} | |
} | |
int main() | |
{ | |
int arrLength = 10; | |
int* intArr1 = new int[arrLength]; // create dynamic array; note that arrLength needs not to be const | |
std::cout << "initializing intArr1\n"; | |
for (int i = 0; i < arrLength; i++) // initialize dynamic array intArr1 to 0 | |
{ | |
intArr1[i] = 0; | |
/**(intArr1 + i) = 0;*/ | |
std::cout << i << ": " << intArr1[i] << std::endl; | |
} | |
std::cout << std::endl; | |
test1(intArr1, arrLength); // call test1; pass intArr1 a pointer -> test1(int* (arr), int length) | |
std::cout << "output after calling test1\n"; | |
for (int i = 0; i < arrLength; i++) | |
{ | |
std::cout << i << ": " << intArr1[i] << std::endl; | |
} | |
delete[] intArr1; | |
std::cout << std::endl; | |
int* intArr2 = new int[arrLength]; | |
test2(intArr2, arrLength); // call test2; pass intArr2 by as a reference to a pointer -> test2(int* (&arr), int length) | |
std::cout << "output after calling test2\n"; | |
for (int i = 0; i < arrLength; i++) | |
{ | |
std::cout << i << ": " << intArr2[i] << std::endl; | |
} | |
delete[] intArr2; | |
std::cout << std::endl; | |
int* intArr3 = new int[arrLength]; | |
test3(intArr3, arrLength); // call pass intArr3 by pointer as an array -> test3(int (arr[]), int length) | |
std::cout << "output after calling test3\n"; | |
for (int i = 0; i < arrLength; i++) | |
{ | |
std::cout << i << ": " << intArr3[i] << std::endl; | |
} | |
std::cout << std::endl; | |
const int myarrLength = 10; | |
int myStaticArray[myarrLength]{ 0 }; // note that static array requires const myarrLength | |
std::cout << "output for static array\n"; | |
for (size_t i = 0; i < myarrLength; ++i) | |
{ | |
myStaticArray[i] = intArr3[i]; | |
std::cout << myStaticArray[i] << "\t"; | |
} | |
delete[] intArr3; | |
std::cout << std::endl; | |
} |
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variations of passing a dynamic array to functions.