I'm trying to write to a dynamic string array that's a parameter to a function and having no luck. I'm pretty sure that I am missing something, but, after trying a few things, have no clue as to what I am doing wrong. Here's the test code that I have written to test a few scenarios:

void testFunc(char[] test)
{
printf("test.length = %d\n", test.length);
test = "12345";
printf("test.length = %d\n", test.length);
}

void testFunc2(char* test)
{
test = new char[5];
test = "12345";
}

void testFunc3(char** test)
{
*test = new char [5];
*test = "12345";
}

void testFunc4(out char[] test)
{
test = "12345";
}

char[] testFunc5(char[] test)
{
test = "12345";
return test;
}

void main(char[][] arg)
{
char[] a;
printf("a.length = %d\n", a.length);
testFunc(a);

printf("a: %.s\n", a);
printf("a.length = %d\n", a.length);

char* b;
testFunc2(b);
printf("b: %.s\n", b);

char* c;
testFunc3(&c);
printf("c: %.s\n", c);

char[] d;
testFunc4(d);
printf("d: %.s\n", d);

char[] d = testFunc5(d);
printf("d: %.s\n", d);
}

None of the five scenarios print anything out (actually the result of testFunc4 and testFunc5 are Access Violations (these were expected, but I just added them to see if there was something I was missing...)) To me, the most obvious test that should have worked was the first one.

Any help would be appreciated...

Thanks,
Taylor Boon

try "%.*s" if your pass a char[] and just "%s" for a char *

did this compile ?
char[] d = testFunc5(d); should have given you an error (d already defined
in main)


"Taylor" <Taylor_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:bh0srb$8nb$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I'm trying to write to a dynamic string array that's a parameter to a
function
> and having no luck. I'm pretty sure that I am missing something, but,
after
> trying a few things, have no clue as to what I am doing wrong. Here's the
test
> code that I have written to test a few scenarios:
>
> void testFunc(char[] test)
> {
> printf("test.length = %d\n", test.length);
> test = "12345";
> printf("test.length = %d\n", test.length);
> }
>
> void testFunc2(char* test)
> {
> test = new char[5];
> test = "12345";
> }
>
> void testFunc3(char** test)
> {
> *test = new char [5];
> *test = "12345";
> }
>
> void testFunc4(out char[] test)
> {
> test = "12345";
> }
>
> char[] testFunc5(char[] test)
> {
> test = "12345";
> return test;
> }
>
> void main(char[][] arg)
> {
> char[] a;
> printf("a.length = %d\n", a.length);
> testFunc(a);
>
> printf("a: %.s\n", a);
> printf("a.length = %d\n", a.length);
>
> char* b;
> testFunc2(b);
> printf("b: %.s\n", b);
>
> char* c;
> testFunc3(&c);
> printf("c: %.s\n", c);
>
> char[] d;
> testFunc4(d);
> printf("d: %.s\n", d);
>
> char[] d = testFunc5(d);
> printf("d: %.s\n", d);
> }
>
> None of the five scenarios print anything out (actually the result of
testFunc4
> and testFunc5 are Access Violations (these were expected, but I just added
them
> to see if there was something I was missing...)) To me, the most obvious
test
> that should have worked was the first one.
>
> Any help would be appreciated...
>
> Thanks,
> Taylor Boon
>
>

// ----- try this it compiles and works without error. import c.stdio;

void testFunc(char[] test)
{
printf("test.length = %d\n", test.length);
test = "12345";
printf("test.length = %d\n", test.length);
}

void testFunc2(char* test)
{
test = new char[5];
test = "12345";
}

void testFunc3(char** test)
{
*test = new char [5];
*test = "12345";
}

void testFunc4(out char[] test)
{
test = "12345";
}

char[] testFunc5(char[] test)
{
test = "12345";
return test;
}

void main(char[][] arg)
{
char[] a;
printf("a.length = %d\n", a.length);
testFunc(a);

printf("a: %.s\n", a);
printf("a.length = %d\n", a.length);

char* b;
testFunc2(b);
printf("b: %s\n", b);

char* c;
testFunc3(&c);
printf("c: %s\n", c);

char[] d;
testFunc4(d);
printf("d: %.*s\n", d);

d = testFunc5(d);
printf("d: %.*s\n", d);
}


/* output is as your would expect!
a.length = 0
test.length = 0
test.length = 5
a:
a.length = 0
b: (null)
c: 12345
d: 12345
d: 12345
*/

"Taylor" <Taylor_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:bh0srb$8nb$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I'm trying to write to a dynamic string array that's a parameter to a
function
> and having no luck. I'm pretty sure that I am missing something, but,
after
> trying a few things, have no clue as to what I am doing wrong. Here's the
test
> code that I have written to test a few scenarios:
>