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Initialising Structures
« Thread started on: Sep 25th, 2010, 05:38am » |
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Hi,
The BB4W help explains how to initialise arrays:
A%() = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
B$() = "Alpha", "Beta", "Gamma", "Delta"
C() = PI
But this doesn't seem to be the case with structures:
structure.A%() = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
structure.B$() = "Alpha", "Beta", "Gamma", "Delta"
structure.C() = PI
Is this so, or am I missing something?
Matt
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Re: Initialising Structures
« Reply #1 on: Sep 25th, 2010, 08:32am » |
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on Sep 25th, 2010, 05:38am, Matt wrote:| The BB4W help explains how to initialise arrays: But this doesn't seem to be the case with structures: Is this so, or am I missing something? |
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You're quite right. Arrays within structures have a different memory layout to 'regular' arrays, and none of the 'whole array' operations work with them. This is documented in the manual as follows: "Normally a structure member can be treated in exactly the same way as a simple variable of the same type. However this is not so in the case of operations on entire arrays or entire structures which cannot be used with structure members":
http://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcwin/manual/bbcwin2.html#members
It's an unfortunate consequence of the way structures were 'bolted on' to a language which wasn't originally designed with them in mind.
Richard.
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