Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/08/28/16:31:21
I'll do that. Thanks a lot for your help.
-Cynthia
Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
> Cynthia,
>
> On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Cynthia Randles wrote:
>
> > > Which libraries are you linking in?
> > #include <stdio.h>
> > #include <math.h>
>
> Well, I actually meant the libraries specified to gcc on the command line,
> with the -l flag, but it's probably irrelevant in light of the other bug...
>
> > > How are you allocating/declaring rad_array and vol_array?
> > #define NUMBINS (51 - 1)
> >
> > float rad_array[NUMBINS], vol_array[NUMBINS];
> >
> > > > I have the following lines of code:
> > > >
> > > > for (i = 0; i <= NUMBINS; ++i)
> >
> > Please also check your loop limits - are you sure you wanted
> > > a '<=' there, rather than a '<'?
>
> Here's that other bug I promised... :-)
> I deliberately put your loop limits next to your array declaration.
> Notice that the way you declared the arrays, they will have a valid range
> of indices from 0 to NUMBINS-1. However, in the loop, the variable you
> use to index the arrays (i) will get up to NUMBINS. Since the arrays are
> declared consecutively, the second (vol_array) is likely to follow the
> first (rad_array). Therefore, writing into rad_array[NUMBINS] will
> likely write to vol_array[0].
>
> From your output, it looks like you tested your code by setting NUMBINS to
> 0. Therefore, you allocate two consecutive 0-sized arrays, and they will
> probably share the same space, which is why you get the output you get.
>
> > Yes. When I compile it with gcc on another machine, I get the right
> > results.
>
> This is probably due to your luck and the fact that gcc does different
> alignment on different machines. I'll venture to guess that "another
> machine" is not a PC... In any case, you should either change your loop
> limits to avoid i==NUMBINS, or declare your arrays with size [NUMBINS+1],
> because as it stands, the code is incorrect.
> Igor
>
> On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Cynthia Randles wrote:
>
> > Dear Igor:
> >
> > Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > >
> > > Which version of gcc are you using?
> >
> > Well, since I just downloaded cygwin last week, I assume I have the
> > latest version of gcc. I think it is gcc-2.95.
> >
> > > Which libraries are you linking in?
> > #include <stdio.h>
> > #include <math.h>
> >
> >
> > > How are you allocating/declaring rad_array and vol_array?
> > #define NUMBINS (51 - 1)
> >
> > float rad_array[NUMBINS], vol_array[NUMBINS];
> >
> > >Is this a C or C++ program?
> > C
> >
> > Please also check your loop limits - are you sure you wanted
> > > a '<=' there, rather than a '<'?
> >
> > Yes. When I compile it with gcc on another machine, I get the right
> > results.
> >
> > If you have any ideas, please let me know. Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Cynthia
> >
> >
> > > On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Cynthia Randles wrote:
> > >
> > > > I was wondering if anyone could help me.
> > > > I have the following lines of code:
> > > >
> > > > for (i = 0; i <= NUMBINS; ++i)
> > > > {
> > > > printf("--------read in input files---------\n");
> > > > printf("The value if i is %d\n", i);
> > > > fscanf(ifp1, "%f\n", &radius_microns);
> > > > fscanf(ifp2, "%f\n", &volfraction);
> > > > printf("The value of radius is %f\n", radius_microns);
> > > > rad_array[i]= radius_microns;
> > > >
> > > > printf("The radius is rad_array[%d]=%f\n\n",i, rad_array[i]);
> > > >
> > > > printf("The value of volfraction is %f\n", volfraction);
> > > > vol_array[i] = volfraction;
> > > > printf("The volfraction is vol_array[%d]=%f\n", i, vol_array[i]);
> > > > printf("The value of rad_array[%i] is %f\n", i, rad_array[i]);
> > > > printf("----------end of read in input file------\n\n");
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > which, in cygwin produces:
> > > >
> > > > --------read in input files---------
> > > > The value of i is 0
> > > > The value of radius is 0.200000
> > > > The radius is rad_array[0] = 0.200000
> > > >
> > > > The value of volfraction is 0.330000
> > > > The volfraction is vol_array[0]=0.330000
> > > > The value of rad_array[0] is 0.330000
> > > > ----------end of read in input file-----
> > > >
> > > > as you can see, for some reason rad_array[0] is being reassigned even
> > > > though I never ask for that!!!
> > > >
> > > > my red-hat linux gcc produces:
> > > >
> > > > --------read in input files---------
> > > > The value of i is 0
> > > > The value of radius is 0.200000
> > > > The radius is rad_array[0] = 0.200000
> > > >
> > > > The value of volfraction is 0.330000
> > > > The volfraction is vol_array[0]=0.330000
> > > > The value of rad_array[0] is 0.200000
> > > > ----------end of read in input file-----
> > > >
> > > > which is the right answer. I cannot figure out what is going
> > > > on with cygwin, and I haven't found a post that can help me. Any
> > > > help is appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Cynthia
>
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