Re: Interesting Error

You can define it this way:

void blah(char **token);

this way you won't need to use the size and you can use that pointer
like a 2D array.

On 11/30/05, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> Gah, I am not surprised I figured out the problem 5 minutes I send it to the
> list.
>
> Though, to create some discussion on the list, I will ask this:
>
> Why cannot we define like so:
> void blah(char token[][])
> but:
> void blah(char token[][size])?
>
> Enlighten me! :D
>
>
>
> Quoting [email protected]:
>
> >
> >
> > So, I am trying to pass a 2D char variable to a function and then do some
> > stuff
> > with it. However, I am receiving this error and I am not quite sure why:
> >
> > "arithmetic on pointer to an incomplete type"
> >
> > Poking around the internet hasn't lead me to anywhere interesting. I thought
> > it
> > was just my compiler on the linux box so I wrote a test program in dev-c++ so
> > we can see if that was so. This is written and is compiled in C:
> >
> > void blah(char token[][]);
> >
> > int main()
> > {
> >         char token[1][1];
> >
> >         token[0][0] = 'c';
> >
> >         blah(token);
> >
> >         return 0;
> > }
> >
> > void blah(char token[][])
> > {
> >                     printf("token: %c\n", token[0][0]);
> > }
> >
> > It generates the same error.
> >
> > I am assuming, as usual, that it is something obvious and after spending
> > hours
> > (a good 4 hours straight) smashing my keyboard my eyes have gone out of
> > control!
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> >
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