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cheezy
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array of pointers
PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 1:33 pm     Reply with quote
Can someone take a quick look and tell me what I'm missing?

The output is:

line=test1:test2:test3
data0=test1
data1=·}ç }? × þû¿ýÞûþ ÷¿ßýö ?ßï ÛÞî÷׿ }¿ _ ·ú÷þß» ÷§¿ßŸ û î¿ 
data2=ß


Code:

#include <16F88.h>
#fuses HS,NOWDT,NOLVP,PUT,NOPROTECT,BROWNOUT,NOWRT
#use delay(clock=16000000)
#use rs232(baud=9600, xmit=PIN_B5, rcv=PIN_B2, ERRORS)
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void get_data(char **data, char *line)
{
    int i = 0;
    char sep[2];
    strcpy(sep, ":");
    data[i] = strtok(line, sep);
    for (i = 1; i < 3; i++)
    {
        data[i] = strtok(0, sep);
    }
}

void update()
{
    int x = 0;
    char line[32];
    char *data[3];
    strcpy(line, "test1:test2:test3");   
    printf("line=%s\n\r", line);
    get_data(data, line);
    for (x = 0; x < 3; x++)
    {
        printf("data%u=%s\n\r", x, data[x]);
    }
}

void main()
{
    while (1)
    {
        update();
        delay_ms(1000);
    }
}
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 2:10 pm     Reply with quote
Post your compiler version.
cheezy
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 2:33 pm     Reply with quote
sorry

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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 3:04 pm     Reply with quote
I installed your version and compiled it and ran in the MPLAB simulator
and it displayed this in the output window:
Quote:

line=test1:test2:test3

data0=test1

data1=test3

data2=
cheezy
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 6:20 pm     Reply with quote
That is not what I expect to see out. Should be:

Quote:

line=test1:test2:test3
data0=test1
data1=test2
data2=test3


I think I'm missing something simple.

I'm not familiar with the simulator. I'll try to figure out how to use the simulator and see if I can reproduce your results. Maybe that will help me understand what I'm doing wrong.
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:46 pm     Reply with quote
Read this post for instructions on how to setup the MPLAB simulator so it
displays the output of the PIC's hardware UART in the Output window:
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23408&start=1
This feature of MPLAB makes it really easy to debug programs with
the simulator. You can view the output of putc() and printf() statements
in the Output window in MPLAB. You don't even need hardware.
cheezy
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 8:44 pm     Reply with quote
thanks a bunch. I figured out how to set it up and that makes things much faster. I was getting tired of programming it then switching over and looking at the output with hyperterminal.

I got the same thing as you in the simulator:

Quote:

line=test1:test2:test3

data0=test1

data1=test3

data2=



Is a bit different than what I see in hyperteminal but is still -not- the expected output. Any idea why the output is incorrect?
cheezy
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PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 9:35 am     Reply with quote
I messed around with this code last night and still couldn't figure out what is wrong. My understanding up pointers to pointers is not so good which doesn't help things. If you happen to figure it out please let me know as I'm stuck.
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PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:27 pm     Reply with quote
The first thing I did was to strip your program down and get rid of all
the function calls. Then it works. Here's the output:
Quote:

data0=test1
data1=test2
data2=test3

To debug this further, I would put back in the function call to get_data()
or a truncated version of get_data(). If it fails then I would start to
carefully study what's happening. This includes writing further test
programs to study the behavior of the parameter passing for char**.
It includes looking at the .LST file. Hopefully you will do this.

Here's the test program that produced the output shown above:
Code:

#include <16F88.h>
#fuses HS,NOWDT,NOLVP,PUT,NOPROTECT,BROWNOUT
#use delay(clock=16000000)
#use rs232(baud=9600, xmit=PIN_B5, rcv=PIN_B2, ERRORS)
#include <string.h>

//===========================
void main()
{
int8 i;
char line[32] = {"test1:test2:test3"};
char *data[3];
char sep[2] = {":"};

i = 0;
data[i] = strtok(line, sep);

for(i = 1; i < 3; i++)
   {
    data[i] = strtok(0, sep);
   }

for(i = 0; i < 3; i++)
   {
    printf("data%u=%s\n\r", i, data[i]);
   }

while(1);
}
cheezy
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PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2008 10:14 pm     Reply with quote
I originally trimmed down the bulk of the code to demonstrate the problem (as you have suggested in many other posts). However, I didn't remove the functions until you suggested doing so. After doing so, I got it to work just as you said.

I will play around with it some more and see if I can figure it out. If not, I will just simplify the code and stay away from passing char **.

I really appreciate you taking the time to help me out. thanks
Ttelmah
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PostPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 3:15 am     Reply with quote
It appears from a quick glance at the listing, that the compiler is only adding the index 'i' to the array address, not doubling it (as is required since the array holds pointers), before the addition...

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PostPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 4:31 pm     Reply with quote
Here's a possible work-around. Since CCS has trouble doing pointers
to pointers, just give it an array of unsigned integers instead.
Changes to your program:
1. In main(), declare 'data' as an array of unsigned 8-bit integers
instead of pointers.
2. In the get_data() declaration, declare the first parameter as
in the same way.

If you want to have access to all the RAM in the PIC, then add the
#device *=16 statement after the #include line.
Then change both of the array declarations to int16 instead of int8.
Changes are shown in bold below:
Quote:

#include <16F88.h>
#fuses HS,NOWDT,NOLVP,PUT,NOPROTECT,BROWNOUT,NOWRT
#use delay(clock=16000000)
#use rs232(baud=9600, xmit=PIN_B5, rcv=PIN_B2, ERRORS)
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void get_data(int8 *data, char *line)
{
int i = 0;
char sep[2];
strcpy(sep, ":");
data[i] = strtok(line, sep);
for (i = 1; i < 3; i++)
{
data[i] = strtok(0, sep);
}
}

void update()
{
int x = 0;
char line[32];
int8 data[3];
strcpy(line, "test1:test2:test3");
printf("line=%s\n\r", line);
get_data(data, line);
for (x = 0; x < 3; x++)
{
printf("data%u=%s\n\r", x, data[x]);
}
}

void main()
{
while (1)
{
update();
delay_ms(1000);
}
}
cheezy
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PostPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 11:01 pm     Reply with quote
I had decided to go with using globals to deal with the problem. But Now, I've implemented your suggestion and tested. Works perfectly! Maybe this will also help someone else.

thanks again
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