pass array pointer as a parameter

Question

I'm trying to pass an int array as a pointer to a function. I'm currently getting the following error: expected 'int (*)[100]' but argument is of type 'int *' void.

void count_frequency(int *number) {
    int i;
    int len = sizeof number / sizeof(int);
    printf("%i\n", len);
    printf("reached here");
    for(i = 0; i < len; i++){
        printf("%i\n", &number[i]);
    }
}



int main(){
    int i;
    int table[MAX];
    int len = sizeof table / sizeof(int);
    printf("reached before loop\n");

    for(i = 0; i < len; i++){
        table[i] = random_in_range(0, 20); 
    }
    count_frequency(table);

    //printf("%i", sizeof(table) / sizeof(int));
    return 0;
}

int len = sizeof number / sizeof(int); manually check what this returns on different sized arrays. — this
– this, Commented Feb 12, 2014 at 20:15

Marco A. · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-12 20:26:22Z

The code you posted is inconsistent with the error you're getting. The only wrong things are:

Remember that %d or %i require an integer passed as argument

I assume the "random_in_range" function uses the rand() as follows

 #include <stdio.h>

 #define MAX 100


 int random_in_range(int a, int b)//this function will generate a random number between specified range
 {
     return (a+rand()%(b-a+1));
 }


 void count_frequency(int *number) {
      int i;
      int len = sizeof number / sizeof(int);
      printf("%i\n", len);
      printf("reached here");
      for(i = 0; i < len; i++){
       printf("%d\n", number[i]);
       }
 }



 int main(){
      int i;
      int table[MAX];
      int len = sizeof table / sizeof(int);
      printf("reached before loop\n");

      for(i = 0; i < len; i++){
            table[i] = random_in_range(0, 20); 
      }
      count_frequency(table);

      printf("%i", sizeof(table) / sizeof(int));
      return 0;
 }

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CodeMonkey · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-12 20:24:08Z

0

As far as I know, "sizeof number" is going to return the size of the pointer (4 bytes) rather than the size of the array.

answered Feb 12, 2014 at 20:24

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