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reply Ben Gardner <bengardner.uncrustify gmail.com> writes:
Hi,

I'm trying to convert some C code to D, but I ran into a little problem.
The C code defines a fairly large static array of structures.
At run time, the table is scanned to find a matching string.

Below is how I think the array of structures should be written in d.
I didn't post the C code because it is nearly identical.

struct options_table
{
   option_id id;
   char []   name;
   argtype_t type;
};

options_table [] the_table =
{
   { UO_option1, "option1", AT_NUM },
   { UO_option2, "option2", AT_STRING },
   { UO_option3, "option3", AT_BOOL },
};

However, this gives me the error:
Error: a struct is not a valid initializer for a options_table []

I assume there is a simple way to do this.

Thanks in advance for any help!
Ben
Mar 31 2006
parent reply kris <foo bar.com> writes:
Ben Gardner wrote:
 Hi,
 
 I'm trying to convert some C code to D, but I ran into a little problem.
 The C code defines a fairly large static array of structures.
 At run time, the table is scanned to find a matching string.
 
 Below is how I think the array of structures should be written in d.
 I didn't post the C code because it is nearly identical.
 
 struct options_table
 {
    option_id id;
    char []   name;
    argtype_t type;
 };
 
 options_table [] the_table =
 {
    { UO_option1, "option1", AT_NUM },
    { UO_option2, "option2", AT_STRING },
    { UO_option3, "option3", AT_BOOL },
 };
 
 However, this gives me the error:
 Error: a struct is not a valid initializer for a options_table []
 
 I assume there is a simple way to do this.
 
 Thanks in advance for any help!
 Ben
it needs to have square brackets for the array assignment: options_table [] the_table = [ { UO_option1, "option1", AT_NUM }, { UO_option2, "option2", AT_STRING }, { UO_option3, "option3", AT_BOOL }, ];
Mar 31 2006
parent Ben Gardner <bengardner.uncrustify gmail.com> writes:
Thanks!  That was simple... =)

kris wrote:
 
 it needs to have square brackets for the array assignment:
 
  options_table [] the_table =
  [
     { UO_option1, "option1", AT_NUM },
     { UO_option2, "option2", AT_STRING },
     { UO_option3, "option3", AT_BOOL },
  ];
 
Mar 31 2006