RE: [Dev-C++] One other minor problem

[Ioannis V. <iv...@at...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev...@li... 
> [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of Khalid El-Kary
> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 6:24 AM
> To: Dev...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] One other minor problem
> 
> >
> >//for char**:
> >char **str_arr;
> >int num_of_elements = 5;
> >str_arr = (char**) malloc(num_of_elements*sizeof(char*));
> >
> >//the for each element of that array you should malloc
> >str_arr[0] = (char*) malloc(10*sizeof(char);
> 
> //sorry meant:
> str_arr[0] = (char*) malloc(10*sizeof(char));
> 
> //note the last bracket *shy*



The castings above are completely unnecessary in C.


E.g.

str_arr = malloc(num_of_elements*sizeof(char*));


In C, a void * is implicitly converted back to any pointer type.




Ioannis Vranos
 
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