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Multiple Arrays - Code Help

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Suraj143

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I have 5o arrays & each it has 10 elements.Is there any easy way of calling this array one by one when a button pressed?

Ex;when the button press call Msg1, press again call Msg2...etc...

Code:
char Msg1[] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};
char Msg2[] = {5,2,6,8,5,6,7,4,9,5};
char Msg3[] = {5,2,3,5,5,6,7,8,9,4};
char Msg4[] = {6,6,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};
char Msg5[] = {4,2,3,5,5,4,5,8,9,4};
char Msg6[] = {1,6,3,6,5,6,7,6,9,10};
----
char Msg50[] = {1,6,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,6};

I use PIC16F886 with MikroC Compiler.
 
Welcome to pointers!!

There is an easy way..
C:
char Msg[50[10];
char Msg[1][10] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};
char Msg[2][10] = {5,2,6,8,5,6,7,4,9,5};
char Msg[3][10] = {5,2,3,5,5,6,7,8,9,4};
char Msg[4][10] = {6,6,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};
char Msg[5][10] = {4,2,3,5,5,4,5,8,9,4};
char Msg[6][10] = {1,6,3,6,5,6,7,6,9,10};
----
char Msg[50][10] = {1,6,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,6};

Or in my view the easiest way is pointer increment

C:
char * Msg[][] =
{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,
   5,2,6,8,5,6,7,4,9,5,
   5,2,3,5,5,6,7,8,9,4,
   6,6,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,
   ----
   1,6,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,6};
Then access is...
C:
int index=0;
char * MsgPointer;

MsgPointer = Msg +(index*10);
//print routine to print next 10 chars..
 
Hi thanks for the codes.I have never used pointers before :(

Note that I'm using PIC16F886 & it does not have much memory so I'm going to use constant arrays.When using const will it be able to use pointers ? No addresses I believe in program memory :(
 
Simply change the arrays to a single multidimensional array and reference each list of 10 items using..

msg["message number"]["item in message"]

Code:
#include <stdio.h>

#define ROW_INDEX  4
#define COL_INDEX  10

#define ROW_MAX_INDEX (ROW_INDEX -1)
#define COL_MAX_INDEX (COL_INDEX -1)

char msg[ROW_INDEX][COL_INDEX] =
  {
  {0,  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9 },
  {10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19},
  {20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29},
  {30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39}
  };

void SomeFunction(char*);


int main()
{
  int row_index;

  /* Scan through each row of messages */
  for(row_index = 0; row_index <= ROW_MAX_INDEX; row_index++)
  {
  /* Print Message index */
  printf("Message %d\n",row_index);
 
  /* Pass the start address(&) of one 10-byte message to SomeFunction() */
  SomeFunction(&msg[row_index][0]);
  }

  return 0;
}


void SomeFunction(char* local_msg)
{
  int item_index;

  /* Scan through each item in a message */
  for(item_index = 0; item_index <= COL_MAX_INDEX; item_index++)
  {
  /* Print the contents item */
  printf("%d\t",*(local_msg + item_index));
  }

  printf("\n\n");
}

The output looks something like this
Code:
Message 0
0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  

Message 1
10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19  

Message 2
20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29  

Message 3
30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39
 
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