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Subject: Re: c++ code question

Author: macaroni

Date: 22:03:40 11/24/03

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On November 25, 2003 at 00:05:16, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On November 24, 2003 at 23:55:47, macaroni wrote:
>
>>I want to parse the pointer of a move list into the function so it can be
>>changed inside the function, the bottom of your two would parse it in to be used
>>by the function wouldn't it?
>>Lets say I use the top one. How would I then call MoveGenerator? with
>>'MoveCount=MoveGenerator(turn, &AllMoves);' where allmoves is an array with 100
>>elements? and if so, once inside the function MoveGenerator, how do I edit
>>AllMoves (*List)?
>>thanks for helping.
>
>This is how I would do it, given your requirements.
>
>int MoveGenerator ( int turn, Move * List );
>
>Move AllMoves[100];
>
>int MoveCount = MoveGenerator( turn, AllMoves );
>
>It sounds like you're confused about what an array is. When you declare an
>array, such as "Move AllMoves[100];", AllMoves is a pointer to an array of 100
>elements of Move. So that is why you can just pass it to the function like I did
>above. When you do:
>
>SomeMove = AllMoves[8]; // get the 9th move
>
>That is the same as:
>
>SomeMove = *(AllMoves + (8 * sizeof(Move)))

oh, I see! thanks very much again, can you recomend a good book for C++
programming?



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