Passing an Array to a Function | C Programming Tutorial

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another way to prove it is with the sizeof operator, if you use sizeof on an actual array it will return the number of bytes of the array, if you use sizeof on an array that is a function parameter, it will return 4 or 8 (size of a pointer)

[@LeeHongYee99]

So effectively, array as argument in function is really passed by reference.

[@john.darksoul]

If you have to pass an array to a function, it would be best (if you're not using a struct wrapper) to use foo(size_t size, T array[static size]); to communicate your intentions to whoever is reading your code, as well as to provide the compiler additional info. For passing a pointer to a single value, use foo(T ptr[static 1]); which will allow the compiler to issue warnings if NULL is passed to this function. Iirc, 'T ptr[static N]' means that ptr points to at least N valid objects of type T.

[@xCwieCHRISx]

If u pass a array as an argument or return an array, it is basically the same as passing/returning a pointer. I personally never use array as arguments or return value, I just use pointer. I never saw someone use "T array[size]" as an argument, but "T *array" and "size_t size" as additional argument is pretty common. Just use arrays for allocating an array on that stack. For the rest treat array as a pointer, except for indexing maybe (arr[i] is more simple than *(arr+i) ). Passing arrays around is just confusing in my opinion, when it basically behaves like a pointer.

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Good day, Mr. Teacher. I got 2 questions: in your video example with arrays how can I a star pointer "*" work without an ampersand "&"? This is the second time I've seen it. First one was this: int main() { char str[] = "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players"; int size = strlen(str); //determining string's length printf("Old line: "); //print the first word char sep [10]=" "; char* words= strtok (str,sep); //why is star required here? printf("The first word is: %s ", words); return 0; } Why do we need to use "*" after char and how come does it work w/o an ampersand? Hope you'll help =)

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And of course that pointer is to a variable on the stack, so it wont be around for long :)

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I'm assuming it's going to be the same for strings. We pass memory addresses aka pointers in string as well?

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Yes that's correct, what's really being passed is a pointer (i.e memory address). :-)

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What if you return x; in the add function? Wouldn't that be carried to the main function

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Yes, we could return a value to the main function with a return statement, and then perhaps assign the value to the variable a. :-)

[@franciscojusto4744]

so i have a question. when i print out the array by itself by using the %p specifier i get a memory address being pointed by the array. and when i use the %p in conjuction with &array i get the memory address of where the array variable is stored. then i use the %p for array[0] and i get yet another address. i thought the address pointed by array would be the first element of the array but it is not? this raises the question of why is there an intermediate address between the value stored in array (address) and the first element of array (address). sorry for the long question! Love your videos

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Can you show me the code that you're using to print out these values so I can be sure what is going on? You can just paste it in a comment/reply. :-)

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@@PortfolioCourses int array[] = {5}; printf("address of array: 0x%p ", &array); printf("address pointed by array: 0x%p ", array); printf("array[0] address: 0x%p ", &array[0]); so i must have made a mistake somewhere before because now its working as i expected it to work! sorry for the confusion!! 😅 thank you for the quick reply!

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[@mahmoudelhanafy89]

what if i want to make operations at all array elements. should i use for in the function ???

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Yes, using a loop like a for loop or while loop would be a good idea. :-)

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