Would this work? (array resetting)

[Hblade]

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int globalVars[9999];
void ResetArray(char *arrayName, int arrayAmmount)
{
    int i;
    for(i=0;i<arrayAmmount-1;i++)
    {
        (int)arrayName[i]=0;
    }
}


How would I make this work? i want to be able to do something like this:

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ResetArray("globalVars", 9999);


[skydereign]

Why would you want to use strings for that? So the player/user can use strings? I wouldn't recommend it, as you can easily do this.

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ResetArray(globalVars, 9999);

And the function just takes an int*.

[SuperSonic]

Or a long int*

But anyways, I thought there was a way to create "templates" for every data type. Or is that only possible in c++?

[skydereign]

You can use a void* if you want. The problem is if you are using a void* it would be better to use memset to 0 it (which doesn't work properly in gE). But as long as you keep it to simple data types, a void* would work with no casting problems.

[SuperSonic]

Or perhaps you could just use malloc(int) since it returns an empty space anyways. Wouldn't that be the equivilant of resseting an array?
EG:

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int myarray[5];
myarray[0] = 10;
myarray = malloc(5);//Resets

[skydereign]

No, you definitely don't want to do that. malloc returns an address to new memory. Doing that would cause a memory leak (assuming that even worked, which it doesn't), and it wouldn't even return 0'd memory. malloc just returns the address to a chunk of memory (regardless of what was there). If you wanted it to be 0, you would use calloc. And as I mentioned, that wouldn't work with an int[]. That would have to be an int*, that way dynamic memory allocation works.

[Hblade]

oh Thanks guys

[SuperSonic]

malloc returns an address to new memory. Doing that would cause a memory leak (assuming that even worked, which it doesn't), and it wouldn't even return 0'd memory. malloc just returns the address to a chunk of memory (regardless of what was there)

Oh yeeeeah...

If you wanted it to be 0, you would use calloc

Arg! I keep forgetting about that. I'm so used to using malloc ^^
So is there any way to create a function that takes a parameter and returns an empty array that is the size of the parameter?

[skydereign]

So is there any way to create a function that takes a parameter and returns an empty array that is the size of the parameter?

That is pretty much what calloc and malloc do. You call it to get a chunk of memory, and then cast it to the parameter.

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int* a1 = (int*)calloc(10, sizeof(int));
char* a1 = (char*)calloc(10, sizeof(char));

The calloc function returns a void* to the memory, and all you do is cast it into the pointer. You could write a function that casts it for you, but that would be more complicated than using calloc and malloc.

[SuperSonic]

But I thought that calloc wouldn't work with a pre-defined array. For example: int i[2] = calloc(2);

Would that work?

[skydereign]

No, dynamic memory allocation is only for pointers. int var[10] declares a statically sized array. The location of the memory it uses is different that dynamically allocated memory. You only allocate memory if you are dealing with something that doesn't have memory allocated for it, right? In the case of arrays declared with the brackets, you already have memory set aside for it. Also, when setting an array equal to something, you have to use the brackets.

[SuperSonic]

Ok, thank you for clearing that up