Re: [c-prog] Does C++ allows array copying?

[andrew clarke]

On Wed 2008-10-15 09:22:42 UTC+0530, Swamy SRK ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

>   5:   short age[4]; 
>   6:   short same_age[4];
>   7:   age[0]=23;
>   8:   age[1]=34;
>   9:   age[2]=65;
>  10:   age[3]=74;
>  11: 
>  12:   same_age=age; --> Array copying

> Array copying is done in line number 12. Is this allowed in C++? I did
> googling, got few answers saying "No". Sending it to group for
> confirmation.

No.

test.cpp:12: error: ISO C++ forbids assignment of arrays

Since both arrays are the same size you can use memcpy:

memcpy(same_age, age, sizeof same_age);

Or just write a loop:

for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
    same_age[i] = age[i];
}