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Re: arrays within structures [message #14931]

Mon, 12 April 1999 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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Waleed (114566.43@CompuServe.COM) writes:

> Is it possible to reduce the size of an array within a structure?

Depends on what kind of a structure it is. If it is an
anonymous structure then something like this is possible:

struct = { a:5, b:Bytarr(100,100)}
struct = {a:struct.a, b:BytArr(50,50)}

But in general it is MUCH better programming practice to
make fields that will change in structures pointers. That
way you don't have to re-define the structure and you can
store whatever you like at the pointer location:

struct = { a:5, b:Ptr_New(BytArr(100,100))}
*struct.b = BytArr(50,50)

Cheers,

David
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