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Foreach loop in C
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/* Foreach loop in GNU C, released in the public domain by Joe Davis. | |
* Credit would be nice ;) | |
*/ | |
#ifndef FOREACH_H_ | |
#define FOREACH_H_ | |
#include <stdbool.h> | |
#include <string.h> | |
/* Utility functions */ | |
#define CONCAT(a,b) CONCAT_(a,b) | |
#define CONCAT_(a,b) a ## b | |
/* Hygiene in macros */ | |
#define GENSYM(name) \ | |
CONCAT(CONCAT(CONCAT(_anon_variable_, name),__LINE__),__COUNTER__) | |
/* Helper functions for foreach */ | |
/* FOREACH_COMP | |
Checks if the value of INDEX, is greater than the length of ARRAY. | |
*/ | |
#define FOREACH_COMP(INDEX, ARRAY, ARRAY_TYPE, SIZE) \ | |
FOREACH_COMP_ (INDEX, ARRAY, ARRAY_TYPE, SIZE, GENSYM (ret)) | |
#define FOREACH_COMP_(INDEX, ARRAY, ARRAY_TYPE, SIZE, ret) \ | |
__extension__ \ | |
({ \ | |
bool ret = 0; \ | |
if (__builtin_types_compatible_p (const char*, ARRAY_TYPE)) \ | |
ret = INDEX < strlen ((const char*)ARRAY); \ | |
else \ | |
ret = INDEX < SIZE; \ | |
ret; \ | |
}) | |
/* FOREACH_ELEM | |
Return a pointer to the element at INDEX in ARRAY. | |
*/ | |
#define FOREACH_ELEM(INDEX, ARRAY, TYPE) \ | |
FOREACH_ELEM_ (INDEX, ARRAY, TYPE, GENSYM (tmp_array)) | |
#define FOREACH_ELEM_(INDEX, ARRAY, TYPE, tmp_array) \ | |
__extension__ \ | |
({ \ | |
TYPE *tmp_array_ = ARRAY; \ | |
&tmp_array_[INDEX]; \ | |
}) | |
/* Foreach loop itself */ | |
/* FOREACH | |
A for-each loop implemented in GNU C. | |
The variable b at the end of FOREACH is there to make sure that the final | |
for loop eventually terminates. | |
*/ | |
#define FOREACH(VAR, ARRAY) \ | |
FOREACH_ (VAR, ARRAY, GENSYM (array), GENSYM (i), GENSYM (b)) | |
#define FOREACH_(VAR, ARRAY, array, i, b) \ | |
for (void *array = (void*)(ARRAY); array; array = 0) \ | |
for (size_t i = 0; array && FOREACH_COMP (i, array, \ | |
__typeof__ (ARRAY), \ | |
sizeof (ARRAY) / sizeof ((ARRAY)[0])); \ | |
i++) \ | |
for (bool b = 1; b; (b) ? array = 0 : 0, b = 0) \ | |
for (VAR = FOREACH_ELEM (i, array, __typeof__ ((ARRAY)[0])); b; b = 0) | |
#endif /* FOREACH_H_ */ |
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thanks 7amal very helpful