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Dynamic Pointers Doubt (I am C++ Programer)

Hi,

Basically I am C++ Programmer and learning Delphi for my company's project. The Problem is some thing like this

it is easy to create dynamic aarrays and pointers in c++ or c for me. And i am facing problem in Pascal

for e.g

char* x[10];

for(i=0;i<100;i+=1)
{
x[i]=(char*) malloc(sizeof(char));
x[i][0]='a';
}

and i am not able to do the same in pascal

first i tried like this

x: array[1..10]of PChar;

for i= 1 to 100 do
begin
getmem(x[i],sizeof(char));
x[i][0]='a';
end;

i don't know whether this idea is right or not, but i am facing problems

and other idea what i used is
type

aa: array[1..10] of char;
var
x: ^aa;

but in this case i don't know how to allocate dynamic memory.

Please help me, by giving good answer.

Thanks in Advance
Koundinya

P.S: Please provide me links where i can learn Pointers concepts in Delphi/Pascal

God_Ares

dynamic array's is quite simple

var
MyStingArray : array of String; //case IN-sensetive!

begin

SetLength(MyStingArray,500); //500 strings ready no getmem required.
MyStingArray[0] = 'Jack';

end;

God_Ares

reserved mem 4 dynamic arrays are automaticly freed!

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AvonWyss

God_ares is right about the usage of dynamic array. As a general rule, in Delphi, you should virtually NEVER need to directly use GetMem, AllocMem, FreeMem, etc. in normal applications. There are strings, dynamic arrays, classes, interfaces, and many more whch are managed by Delphi for you.

Member_2_248744

Pointers, variable as Pointers and Dymanic array setup are different in C and pascal, but this you already know (ha, ha)

char* x[10];

for(i=0;i<100;i+=1)
{
x[i]=(char*) malloc(sizeof(char));
x[i][0]="a";
}

x: array[1..10]of PChar; {this is not a dymanic array it ais a static array with 10 members of PChar. Also this is a single array}

for i= 1 to 100 do
begin
getmem(x[i],sizeof(char));
{since this is a static array getmem is not needed}
x[i][0]='a';
{you can't get a second array value from a single (one-dimensional) array}
end;

aa: array[1..10] of char; {another single static array}
var
x: ^aa; {don't know what you are trying to do here}

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maybe your C code would translate to Pascal like this

X: Array of Array[0..9] of Char;
{X is a dymanic multidimensional array}

for i := 0 to 99 do
begin
SetLength(X, i+1);
X[i,0]:='a'; {instead of x[i][0] = "a"}
end;

Madshi

Ehm, I'm sorry, I'm not really a C++ expert, but your code looks wrong to me:

char* x[10];

for(i=0;i<100;i+=1)
{
x[i]=(char*) malloc(sizeof(char));
x[i][0]='a';
}

You're telling C++, that your array can hold 10 strings. Then you fill in 100 strings? There's something wrong!

I agree with God_ares, Delphi offers dynamic arrays, which are much easier to use than this pchar stuff.

Regards, Madshi.

SteveWaite

Look for 'Overview of pointers' in delphi help.

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sudhakar_koundinya

problem solved?

sudhakar_koundinya

ASKER

Hi

Sorry for the late response
as i was busy with some other project

Thanks for the good answer

arrays helped me a lot

Sudhakar

God_Ares

k np :) thx 4 pnts