Re: Using the same source file from other source files

Hal Vaughan <hal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

> Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>> Hal Vaughan <hal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
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>>> Okay.  I'm a bit confused.  I have:
>>>
>>> int main(int argc, char* argv[])
>>>
>>> which leads me to believe argv is of type char*,
>> 
>> Ah, no. In C and C++, the [] in a parameter list act almost exactly
>> like a *.  argv is and array of char pointers and thus becomes a
>> pointer to a the first char pointer when it is passed to main.  The []
>> form is transitional but a little confusing.
<snip>
> So now that I have 
>
> map<string,string> parseargs(int count, char** args[])
>
> how do I access the individual char[] arrays in args (which is argv
being
> passed to the function)?  I can't do:
>
>         string arg;
>         arg = args[x]
>
> I've tried that and it doesn't work.  Do I need to dereference it or
> something?

It should work once the parameter is correctly specified (see
elsethread), though I prefer initialisation semantics to assignment
where possible:

  string arg = args[x];

-- 
Ben.