Hi,

i'm new to c programming. i have declared a typedef struct that contains two arrays in it. the problem is when i try to reference something that is in the struct i get an error. here is the code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct
{
unsigned short key1[2];
unsigned short plain[2];
}code;

unsigned short *res_k1;
unsigned short *res;


main(int argc, char *argv[])

{
unsigned short k1[2],k2[2];

unsigned short p[2],c[2];
res_k1 = (unsigned short *) malloc(sizeof (code));


k1[0]=0x0000;

k1[1]=0x0000;


short i;


p[0]=0x0001;

p[1]=0x0002;

for (i=0; k1[0] < 0x00FF; i++)
{
for (i=0; k1[1] < 0xFFFF; i++)

{

encode(p, k1);
printf(" Result = ");

printf("(%4x,%4x) ",p[0],p[1]);

}

encode(p, k1);
printf(" Result = ");

printf("(%4x,%4x) ",p[0],p[1]);

}

} //end main

also i declare an array unsigned short[17000000]; does anybody know i pass in the results of p to that array;

thanks in advanced for all you help,

sc

Please be more specific.
Post the error message you get.


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hi,

i managed to get my struct to work.the problem i am having now is i am trying to use calloc memory allocation but i keep getting a segmentation fault and i don't know how to fix it. i don't think i am declaring the calloc properly and storing the result of encode properly.

here is my code that i am using.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
typedef struct code1
{
    unsigned short key[2];

    unsigned short text[2];
}code;


    void encode(short* v, short* k)

    { ... }


    void decode(short* v,short* k)

    { ... }


    main(int argc, char *argv[])

    {

        unsigned short key1[2],key2[2];

        unsigned short p[2],c[2];


        struct code1 *test, *entry;

        entry = (unsigned short *) calloc(2, sizeof (code));

        key1[0]=0x0000;

        key1[1]=0x0000;

        short i;

        p[0]=0x0001;

        p[1]=0x0002;


        for (i=0; key1[0] < 0x0002; i++)
        {
            for (i=0; key1[1] < 0x000A; i++)

            {

                encode(p, key1);

                test[i].key[0] = key1[0];
                test[i].key[1] = key1[1];
                test[i].text[0] = p[0];
                test[i].text[1] = p[1];

            }

        }

} //end main

can anybody help?

thanks,

sc

change:
entry = (unsigned short *) calloc(2, sizeof (code));

you have declared "entry" as a pntr to a code1 structure so when you call calloc type cast it to the appropriate type.
entry = ( struct code1* ) calloc(2, sizeof (code)); // >>first arg is the number of elements in an array you
                                                    //wish to allocate.<<
                                                    // >>second arg is the size of each element, in
                                                 // in this case the size of a code1/code structure.<<
calloc always returns a void pntr or NULL if insufficient memory, you must type cast it to the type of the receiving variable in this case a struct code1*.
Now since you have dynamically allocated the memory for "entry" you would also dereference the structure member variables by using the indirect access operator -> i.e. entry[i]->key[0] = key1[0]; // i being the subscript into the array of structs that you have allocated