c++ pointers...

Quick c++ question, possibly an idiotic one...

If i have a function, say:

vector<Point2f> dothings(vector<Point2f> cornerPoints)
{

int 2 = 2;
int 3 = 3;

cornerPoints.push_back(2);
cornerPoints.push_back(3);

}

and i want to call it like this:

dothings(pointArray);

BUT, i to also specify the resulting array. So I pass it 'pointArray', but I want it to give back a NEW array, with the additions from the function.

So i want to say:

dothings(pointArray, newArray);

And newArray will be pointArray, plus the result of the dothings function.

How do i do this? a return? or a pointer?
thanks!

C++

Last Comment

chemicalx001

8/22/2022 - Mon

sarabande

4/9/2015

the simplest is to pass the vector by reference. than you can add (or remove) entries and the caller will get the changed array back.

bool dothings(std::vector<pointf> & arr)
{
     arr.erase(arr.begin());
     arr.push_back(pointf(1.1, 2.2));
     return !arr,empty();
}

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alternatively you would pass the input array as const std::vector<pointf> & and return a new array by value.

std::vector<pointf> dothings(const std::vector<pointf> & inparr)
{
     std::vector<pointf> arr = inparr;
     arr.erase(arr.begin());
     arr.push_back(pointf(1.1, 2.2));
     return arr;
}

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you would do the second if the arrays are small (say less than 100 points) and if the input array might be preserved by the caller.

Sara

sarabande

4/9/2015

vector<Point2f> dothings(vector<Point2f> cornerPoints) {
int 2 = 2;
int 3 = 3

variables in c or c++ may not begin with a digit. the compiler would not be able to distinguish between constants and variables.

vector<Point2f> dothings(vector<Point2f> cornerPoints)  {
 int x = 2;    
 int y1 = 3;

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Sara

chemicalx001

4/9/2015

ASKER

thanks Sara, forgive my idiocy, I need to return a different vector than the one that is passed.
Something like:

std::vector<pointf> dothings(const std::vector<pointf> & inparr, vectorThatGetsReturned)
{
std::vector<pointf> arr = inparr;

Tar.push_back(arr[0]);
return Tar;
}

But i need to specify when i pass the vector what BOTH vectors will be.

dothings(array, newArray);

so that I can call the 'Tar' array.

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