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reply Kevin M <Kevin_member pathlink.com> writes:
Hello, how should I translate the following code from "Programming Windows, 5th
Ed" (by Charles Petzold) into D Language?  The D Language Specification does not
show how to create an array of structures.  In this Newsgroup, I have found
examples of creating a "dynamic array of structs" but they require using a
Class. Is there a way to do this without creating a Class. Thanks in advance.

Kevin M

/*-----------------------------------------------
SYSMETS.H -- System metrics display structure
-----------------------------------------------*/

#define NUMLINES ((int) (sizeof sysmetrics / sizeof sysmetrics [0]))

struct
{
int     iIndex ;
TCHAR * szLabel ;
TCHAR * szDesc ;
}
sysmetrics [] =
{
SM_CXSCREEN,             TEXT ("SM_CXSCREEN"),              
TEXT ("Screen width in pixels"),
SM_CYSCREEN,             TEXT ("SM_CYSCREEN"),              
TEXT ("Screen height in pixels"),

} ;
Jan 25 2005
next sibling parent Dave <Dave_member pathlink.com> writes:
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:13:54 +0000, Kevin M wrote:

 Hello, how should I translate the following code from "Programming Windows, 5th
 Ed" (by Charles Petzold) into D Language?  The D Language Specification does
not
 show how to create an array of structures.  In this Newsgroup, I have found
 examples of creating a "dynamic array of structs" but they require using a
 Class. Is there a way to do this without creating a Class. Thanks in advance.
 
 Kevin M
I think this will cover what you'd want to do: import std.stream; struct S { char[] str; int idx; } void main() { S[] arr; for(int idx = 1; idx <= 10; idx++) { S s; s.str = "dynamic"; // assign to str s.idx = idx; // assign to idx arr ~= s; // concatenate 's' to 'arr' } foreach(S s; arr) // iterate through the dynamic array { stdout.writefln(s.str,": ",s.idx); } static S[] s1 = [ {"static",11} ,{"static",12} ,{"static",13} ,{"static",14} ,{"static",15} ,{"static",16} ,{"static",17} ,{"static",18} ,{"static",19} ,{"static",20} ]; // initialize a static array of S's S[] s2; foreach(int i, S s; s1) // iterate thru the static array { stdout.writefln(s.str,": ",s.idx); if(i % 2) { s2 ~= s; s2[length - 1].str = "what was " ~ s.str ~ " is now dynamic"; } } foreach(S s; s2) // iterate thru dynamic array { stdout.writefln(s.str,": ",s.idx); } }
Jan 25 2005
prev sibling parent reply "Ben Hinkle" <ben.hinkle gmail.com> writes:
struct SysMetric
{
int     iIndex ;
char * szLabel ;
char * szDesc ;
}

const int SM_CYSCREEN = 0; // whatever...
const int NUMLINES = 2;

SysMetric[NUMLINES] sysmetrics =
[
    {SM_CYSCREEN,"SM_CXSCREEN","Screen width in pixels"},
    {SM_CYSCREEN,"SM_CYSCREEN","Screen height in pixels"}
];

int main(){
  printf("%s\n",sysmetrics[0].szDesc);
  printf("%s\n",sysmetrics[1].szDesc);
  return 0;
}
Jan 25 2005
parent Kevin M <Kevin_member pathlink.com> writes:
Thanks Ben, that's what I was looking for.

Kevin M

In article <ct6n69$309d$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Ben Hinkle says...
struct SysMetric
{
int     iIndex ;
char * szLabel ;
char * szDesc ;
}

const int SM_CYSCREEN = 0; // whatever...
const int NUMLINES = 2;

SysMetric[NUMLINES] sysmetrics =
[
    {SM_CYSCREEN,"SM_CXSCREEN","Screen width in pixels"},
    {SM_CYSCREEN,"SM_CYSCREEN","Screen height in pixels"}
];

int main(){
  printf("%s\n",sysmetrics[0].szDesc);
  printf("%s\n",sysmetrics[1].szDesc);
  return 0;
}
Jan 25 2005