ah, my bad. forgot about the pass-by-value / pass-by-reference business. thanks for clearing it up.
barret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Commando" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 4:35 PM Subject: Re: Re[2]: [hlcoders] returning string > Actually, the & in a declaration like that is a reference, not the address > of operator. Kinda confusing shared syntax ;) What you told him to do is > correct though, I am just nit-picking :D > > int i = 1; > int &r = i; // r is a reference to i > int *p = &i; // p is a pointer to i > > // All of these print 1 > cout << "i =" << i << endl; > cout << "r=" << r << endl; > cout << "*p=" << p << endl; > > // This prints a memory address > cout << "p=" << p << endl; > > Rob > > At 03:33 PM 05/10/2002 +0200, you wrote: > >Vyacheslav - > > > >try: > > > >char szMes[25]; > >void ReturnTestString(char* szSring, int Id); > >ReturnTestString(szMes, 1); > > > >the '&' sign before a variable name means "address-of the variable." when > >declaring the function, the name szString is just the name of the variable > >inside the function. ReturnTestString just needs to know the variable is a > >string, which is char*. btw, putting a * after a type (like char*) means > >the variable is a pointer to that type. for more info, check out: > > > >http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/tut3-2.html (about strings) > >http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/tut3-3.html (about pointers) > > > > > >hope this helps, > > > >barret > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Vyacheslav Djura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "barret" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 3:18 PM > >Subject: Re[2]: [hlcoders] returning string > > > > > > > Hello barret, > > > > > > Saturday, October 5, 2002, 3:56:48 PM, you wrote: > > > > > > b> hi - > > > > > > b> i did something similar, but i used: > > > > > > b> char szMes[25]; //need szMes to be a string, not a char. in this case > >an > > > b> array of chars. > > > b> //25 is just my guess for how big it can > >get > > > Then, how to write header of this function (char* &szSring,int Id) so > > > array will be fixed (25) ? > > > I am not good at C++'s "*" > > > and "&"? > > > > > > thanks... > > > > > > -- > > > Best regards, > > > Vyacheslav mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >please visit: > >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > Rob Prouse (Commando) > Tour of Duty Mod > http://www.tourofdutymod.com > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
