very simple
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Very simple but apparently I'm missing something.
Why would this not compile?
int offsets[2];
offsets[0] = 5;
offsets[1] = 3;
That looks fine to me. What sort of error does your compiler give? It's probably got something to do with something above that code.
Quote:Original post by bengaltgrs
Very simple but apparently I'm missing something.
Why would this not compile?
int offsets[2];
offsets[0] = 5;
offsets[1] = 3;
You're probably trying to do the second two lines outside of a function, which isn't valid.
int offsets[2] = { 5, 3 }; // Valid
offsets[0] = 5; // Not valid
offsets[1] = 3; // Not valid
int main()
{
offsets[0] = 5; // Valid
offsets[1] = 3; // Valid
}
Make a new project and write out the full example. Give us the error messages you are getting.
e.g.
There shouldn't be any problem with the code you have shown so you are either not showing us the real code or you've made a mistake in the preceding lines, or a macro has been defined (such as #define offsets) which is messing eveything up.
e.g.
int main() { int offsets[2]; offsets[0] = 5; offsets[1] = 3; return 0;}There shouldn't be any problem with the code you have shown so you are either not showing us the real code or you've made a mistake in the preceding lines, or a macro has been defined (such as #define offsets) which is messing eveything up.
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Ok, this is what I am actually trying to do:
D3DXVECTOR3 vecLocalPoints[8];
D3DXVECTOR3 vecWorldPoints[8];
float Width = 2.0f;
float Height = 2.0f;
float Depth = 2.0f;
D3DXVECTOR3 vecSize = D3DXVECTOR3(Width, Height, Depth);
D3DXVECTOR3 vecHalf = vecSize * 0.5f;
vecLocalPoints[0] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[1] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[2] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[3] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[4] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[5] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[6] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[7] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
If that small bit earlier is put into the main() function then it works fine. Am I not allowed to define an array outside of a function?
D3DXVECTOR3 vecLocalPoints[8];
D3DXVECTOR3 vecWorldPoints[8];
float Width = 2.0f;
float Height = 2.0f;
float Depth = 2.0f;
D3DXVECTOR3 vecSize = D3DXVECTOR3(Width, Height, Depth);
D3DXVECTOR3 vecHalf = vecSize * 0.5f;
vecLocalPoints[0] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[1] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[2] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[3] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[4] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[5] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[6] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[7] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
If that small bit earlier is put into the main() function then it works fine. Am I not allowed to define an array outside of a function?
Quote:Original post by bengaltgrs
Ok, this is what I am actually trying to do:
D3DXVECTOR3 vecLocalPoints[8];
D3DXVECTOR3 vecWorldPoints[8];
float Width = 2.0f;
float Height = 2.0f;
float Depth = 2.0f;
D3DXVECTOR3 vecSize = D3DXVECTOR3(Width, Height, Depth);
D3DXVECTOR3 vecHalf = vecSize * 0.5f;
vecLocalPoints[0] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[1] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[2] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[3] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[4] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[5] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[6] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
vecLocalPoints[7] = D3DXVECTOR3(-vecHalf.x, vecHalf.y, -vecHalf.z);
If that small bit earlier is put into the main() function then it works fine. Am I not allowed to define an array outside of a function?
You cant fill in the array like that outside a function, you would need to use the D3DXVECTOR3 vecLocalPoints[] = {D3DXVECTOR(...), ...}; syntax.
C/C++ are procedural languages which means that execution proceeds from one function to another until some logic means that it leaves main(). Anything outside of a function can't be executed, except...
One of the only ways to get functions called outside of main is to use global objects. They are created before the main entry point is entered. If there are things done in the constructors you can execute procedural code there.
For example you could make a class whose sole purpose is to fill an array with values. If you create a global object of that type, passing it your global array then it will be initialised before main is entered. You need to be careful because the order of creation of objects between translation units is not guaranteed.
All of that is pretty much outside of normal programming practice and isn't a clever thing to do... it's tricky and I don't recommended it at all.
One of the only ways to get functions called outside of main is to use global objects. They are created before the main entry point is entered. If there are things done in the constructors you can execute procedural code there.
For example you could make a class whose sole purpose is to fill an array with values. If you create a global object of that type, passing it your global array then it will be initialised before main is entered. You need to be careful because the order of creation of objects between translation units is not guaranteed.
All of that is pretty much outside of normal programming practice and isn't a clever thing to do... it's tricky and I don't recommended it at all.
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