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Re: structures and arrays

• Posted by Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen <nieuwen at XS4ALL.NL> Jan 29, 1999
• 488 views

No offence, but you missed the whole point.
Try rereading the other messages. Im not going to repeat myself.
Dont start the discussion over again. Pick it up, where it has been left.
And respond to our arguments.
They apply to your example below as well.

Ralf

>-- Isn't this is a structure ????
>
>global sequence structure_name
>
>integer dot_name, dot_address, dot_phone, dot_salary
>
>dot_name       = 1
>dot_address    = 2
>dot_phone      = 3
>dot_salary     = 4
>
>-- Be sure you allocate enough items for the structure (sequence)
>-- This is a simple way to do this, but you can use default data if you
want
>
>structure_name = {dot_name,dot_address,dot_phone,dot_salary}
>
>
>-- Enter Data into structure
>
>structure_name[dot_name]    = "Mr. Anyname"
>structure_name[dot_address] = "123 east any street"
>structure_name[dot_phone]   = "123-4567"
>structure_name[dot_salary]  = 5000000
>
>-- Get Data from structure and print it
>
>puts(1, structure_name[dot_name]    &"\n\n" )
>puts(1, structure_name[dot_address] &"\n\n" )
>puts(1, structure_name[dot_phone]   &"\n\n" )
>printf(1, "Salary : %d dollars\n\n", structure_name[dot_salary])
>
>-- Dont Forget using Eu code can form dynamic structures of any type
>-- in other langauges you are locked into specific data types.
>-- And I will bet a clever programmer could even manipulate the
>-- structure to use Unions
>
>-- As for Arrays, They are really just sequences.
>-- Sequences can form dynamic multidimensional arrays
>-- that can store a different type of data in each element.
>-- Is there any other language that you can do that in.
>--
>-- My opinion is that we should look for new ways to use the language
>-- and not try to find ways to change the language.
>
>--                           o  o
>--                            ||
>-- Thanks for your attention (..) Bernie
>--                            __
>