Pointers and Linklist help

[Public32]

Hi
I have the following code:
struct node{
int ID;
bool connected;
int *connectedTo[50];
int numConnectedTo;
int numMsgsRecieved;
int overwhelmed[20][20];
node *nxtNode;

};

void main(){
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}

void createNetwork(node *headNode){
node * firstPivotNode = headNode;
node * secondPivotNode = headNode->nxtNode;
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firstPivotNode->connectedTo[0] = secondPivotNode;
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}

my problem is in "int *connectedTo[50]" in the struct.
As you can see I have created a linked list and i want the connectedTo array to store the address to x numbers (less than 50) of links. But it is not working. I guess the problem is that since the type of secondPivotNode is a node * I can't store it is "address" in an int array.

In fact I can't even do the following

int test = firstPivotNode;

which is wierd because I can do this:

cout << firstPivotNode;

and it prints the address where firstPivotNode is pointing to.

any possible suggestions?

Thanks

 

[cpjust]

firstPivotNode->connectedTo[0] = secondPivotNode;

I'm not sure what you're trying to do here? Why are you trying to store a node* pointer into an array of int* pointers?

What exactly do your node structs represent and what info are you storing in them?

Rather than building your own linked list, it would be a lot easier to use an STL list or vector.

 

[Public32]

ok, think of each node as a computer on a network. Each computer is connected to n number of other computers, like neighbours. So the whole point of firstPivotNode->connectedTo[] is to store these neighbours which in my program are the pointer addresses (since i am using link list). So to answer you question i am trying to store the pointer (memory) address of secondPivotNode in the first position of this array.

As I mentioned in my original post, I am wondering if there is a way to store the address of a pointer in an array of integers.

 

[cpjust]

Well you could cast it to an int, but since you're storing node* pointers, you should be using an array of node* pointers instead:

node* connectedTo[50];