Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 07:29:19 02/05/02
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On February 05, 2002 at 08:32:35, Antonio Senatore wrote: >Hi friends: > >I have one array A[n] and another B[n] (both of the same dimension) and I want >to make A = B without using a loop like > >for (i=0; i < n; i++) A[i] = B[i]; > >My question is if is it possible to do that without using none kind of loops >(and as I am working in C, I can't work with vectors or to use the lib >"algorithm") > >Thanks in advance > >Antonio There is no means in primitive C of copying the entire array. You can say "a = b" if a and b are structs, but not if they are arrays. This is because the compiler thinks of a and b as addresses, not the stuff addressed. The traditional means of copying an array is "memcpy". bruce
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