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PIC18 variable legnth string arrays
PostPosted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:13 am     Reply with quote
Has anyone had any success with variable length string arrays?

This looks like it should work, but when it runs the pointer for the rom_string points to a blank area of rom.

Code:

#include "18F65J10.h"
#include "string.h"



unsigned int8 const rom_string[ 2 ][ * ] = { "1234567890", "string 2"};

unsigned int8 ram_string[ 32 ];


void main( void )
{

   strcpy( ram_string, rom_string[ 1 ] );

}





I can get the program to work correctly by using fixed size arrays as seen below, but I would prefer to use variable size.


Code:

#include "18F65J10.h"
#include "string.h"



unsigned int8 const rom_string[ 2 ][ 32 ] = { "1234567890", "string 2"};

unsigned int8 ram_string[ 32 ];


void main( void )
{

   strcpy( ram_string, rom_string[ 1 ] );

}



I'm using CCS version 4.029

Thanks
Kevin
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:14 am     Reply with quote
In common with much of the 'new' stuff, not everything works as you'd expect. Your code will run OK, if you don't use variable length strings. Variable length strings, seem to only support being 'used' as entities (to printf statements etc.), and don't work for pointers. There is a degree of logic here, since it would be very hard for the pointer arithmetic to 'know' where the latter elements are in the array, with variable length strings.
You can actually 'cheat', by not using printf.
This will do what you want (a bodge...):
Code:

const unsigned int8 rom_string[2 ][11 ] = { "1234567890", "string 2"};

unsigned int8 ram_string[ 32 ];
int8 ctr;

void to_str(int8 b) {
   ram_string[ctr++]=b;
}

void main( void ) {
   ctr=0;
   to_str(rom_string[1]);
   while (true) ;
}


This passes the string to an output function, which puts it byte by byte, into the RAM string. you can just reset ctr, and feed another string as wanted.

Best Wishes
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