K & R exercise: multidimensional array to pointer array

Question

Exercise (5-9): Rewrite subroutines with day_of_yearpointers instead of indexing.

static char daytab[2][13] = {
    {0, 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31},
    {0, 31, 29, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31}
};

/* day_of_year: set day of year from month and day */
int day_of_year(int year, int month, int day)
{
    int i, leap;

    leap = (year%4 == 0) && (year%100 != 0) || (year%400 == 0);
    for (i = 1; i < month; i++)
    {
        day += daytab[leap][i];
    }

    return day;
}

I can just get tired and not think, but how to actually create a multidimensional array with pointers?

I could possibly figure out the rest of the function, but I cannot get the syntax correctly.

Answer 1

You will be asked to change the procedure day_of_year , not the announcement daytab . I would leave this array as is and modify it day_of_yearas follows:

/* day_of_year: set day of year from month and day */
int day_of_year(int year, int month, int day)
{
    char* p = (year%4 == 0) && (year%100 != 0) || (year%400 == 0) ? 
        daytab[0] : daytab[1];

    p++;
    for (i = 1; i < month; i++, p++)
    {
        day += *p;
    }

    return day;
}

If you want the ad to pbe shorter, you can do this:

    char* p = daytab[(year%4 == 0) && (year%100 != 0) || (year%400 == 0)];

, :

    char* p = *(daytab + ((year%4 == 0) && (year%100 != 0) || (year%400 == 0)));

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Answer 2

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char **foo = malloc(sizeof(char *) * 4);
for(int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
    foo[i] = malloc(sizeof(char) * 4);
foo[0][0] = bar;

Answer 3

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#include <stdio.h>

static char *daytab =
    "\x1f\x1f\x1c\x1d\x1f\x1f"
    "\x1e\x1e\x1f\x1f\x1e\x1e"
    "\x1f\x1f\x1f\x1f\x1e\x1e"
    "\x1f\x1f\x1e\x1e\x1f\x1f";

/* day_of_year: set day of year from month and day */
int day_of_year(int year, int month, int day) {
    int i, leap;

    leap = (year%4 == 0) && (year%100 != 0) || (year%400 == 0);
    for (i = 0; i < month-1; i++) {
        day += *(daytab+i*2+leap);
    }

    return day;
}

int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
    if (argc != 4) {
        printf ("Usage: blah yy mm dd\n");
        return 1;
    }
    printf ("%4.4s/%2.2s/%2.2s -> %04d/%02d/%02d -> %d\n",
        argv[1], argv[2], argv[3],
        atoi (argv[1]), atoi (argv[2]), atoi (argv[3]),
        day_of_year (atoi(argv[1]),atoi(argv[2]),atoi(argv[3])));
    return 0;
}

Answer 4

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day += daytab[leap][i];

day += *(*(daytab+leap)+i);