Incrementing and reseting a pointer 1

[robUK2]

Hello,

I have a structure and a pointer to point to this structure on the heap.

I am incrementing the pointer to add new data into the structure. After I want to display all the records in this structure. However, once the pointer has been incremented, is there a way that I can reset it to point to the first record in the structure?

My code is below:

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

typedef struct
{
	char name[20];
	char city[20];
	char state[10];
}record;

typedef record *pointerRecord;

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
	int i = 0;
	//Allocate meory for 2 records
	pointerRecord ptrRecord = (pointerRecord) malloc(sizeof(record[2]));

	//Fill struct with data
	strncpy(ptrRecord->name, "steve", sizeof(ptrRecord->name));
	strncpy(ptrRecord->city, "Reading", sizeof(ptrRecord->city));
	strncpy(ptrRecord->state, "Bracknell", sizeof(ptrRecord->state));

	ptrRecord++;
	strncpy(ptrRecord->name, "Robert", sizeof(ptrRecord->name));
	strncpy(ptrRecord->city, "Tibury", sizeof(ptrRecord->city));
	strncpy(ptrRecord->state, "Berks", sizeof(ptrRecord->state));

	//Display contents of the structure.
	//Reset pointer HERE to point to the first structure.	
	while(ptrRecord != 0)
	{
		printf("Name: %s", ptrRecord->name);
		printf("City: %s", ptrRecord->city);
		printf("State: %s", ptrRecord->state);
		//Increment pointer HERE
	}

	free(ptrRecord);

	getchar();

	return 0;
}

 

[trollacious]

Use an incremented variable that you add to the original pointer,

pointerRecord ptrRecord = (pointerRecord) malloc(sizeof(record[2]));
int inc = 0;

    //Fill struct with data
    strncpy((ptrRecord + inc)->name, "steve", sizeof(ptrRecord->name));
    strncpy((ptrRecord + inc)->city, "Reading", sizeof(ptrRecord->city));
    strncpy((ptrRecord + inc)->state, "Bracknell", sizeof(ptrRecord->state));

    inc += sizeof(record[2]);
    strncpy((ptrRecord + inc)->name, "Robert", sizeof(ptrRecord->name));
    strncpy((ptrRecord + inc)->city, "Tibury", sizeof(ptrRecord->city));
    strncpy((ptrRecord + inc)->state, "Berks", sizeof(ptrRecord->state));

or create a second pointer that you increment while retaining the original value in the first pointer.

pointerRecord ptrRecord = (pointerRecord) malloc(sizeof(record[2]));
pointerRecord origPtrRecord = ptrRecord;

    //Fill struct with data
    strncpy(ptrRecord->name, "steve", sizeof(ptrRecord->name));
    strncpy(ptrRecord->city, "Reading", sizeof(ptrRecord->city));
    strncpy(ptrRecord->state, "Bracknell", sizeof(ptrRecord->state));

    ptrRecord++;
    strncpy(ptrRecord->name, "Robert", sizeof(ptrRecord->name));
    strncpy(ptrRecord->city, "Tibury", sizeof(ptrRecord->city));
    strncpy(ptrRecord->state, "Berks", sizeof(ptrRecord->state));

/* original value retained in origPtrRecord */

Lee