Scope question

[Valius]

Okay, I have a question about scope. Here is the situation:

We have the main function...let's call it Main(). Within main, I have declared a local varible...let's say char* TempVar. Now, from within Main() I call another function...Let's call it bool SubMain(). In that function I do a few things and it returns a 0. Now, I'm back in my Main() function...will TempVar have gone out of scope because I jumped to another function? Or will it still be considered in scope? I would think it would be considered in scope since I never actually totally left Main(). Here is my question from a programmers POV.

bool SubMain()
{
//Do what needs to be done
return(true);
}

void Main()
{
char *TempVar = new char[25];

strcpy(TempVar, "Testing 1 2 3"

if (!SubMain())
{
exit(0);
}
//When returning from my SubMain function, will
//TempVar still have a valid mem address or will it
//have gone out of scope?

delete TempVar;
}

I hope I have made sense. Any and all comments are very welcome so I can put this matter to rest in my mind, thanks in advance.

Niky Williams
NTS Marketing, Lead Engineer

 

[Zyrenthian]

Your correct, the scope of the tempVar is the brackets of Main so it still exists after the call. However, please put the line delete[] tempVar before your exit(0) line or you will have memory leaks

Matt

 

[Valius]

oops...thanks

Niky Williams