Problem with functions

[WernerSchwarz]

I want to make a function which can take a textstring as parameter, like this
char string[5]
myfunction(string);

my question, how must the definition of the function look like?

 

[Clairvoyant1332]

Generally, if you want to pass a string of indeterminate length to a function, the definition would look like this:

void myfunction(char string[]);

Dennis

 

[WernerSchwarz]

I made it that way, but it didn't work,

void myfunction(char string[]);

int main
{
...
}

void myfunction(char string[])
{
...
}

 

[WernerSchwarz]

sorry i mean

void myfunction(char);

 

[Clairvoyant1332]

What you specified in your first post should be correct:

void myfunction(char string[]);

int main
{
...
}

void myfunction(char string[])
{
...
}

What happens when you try to compile/run this?

 

[WernerSchwarz]

My first post was wrong, correct it should be like this:

void myfunction(char);

int main
{
...
}

void myfunction(char string[])
{
...
}

Functions can't be defined like this: void myfunction(char string[]) they must be like this: void myfunction(char);

 

[Clairvoyant1332]

My compiler will accept the

void myfunction(char string[]);

definition just fine. What OS and compiler are you using, and what's the exact error message?

 

[WernerSchwarz]

Ok problem solved your answer was right

 

[adholioshake]

char string[] will probably give an error because the [] needs a definate value in it. Instead of trying to use char string[] for indefinate array types, why not try using pointers such as char *string ?