how do I pass an array into a function without using pointers 1

[ysablewolf]

Hi I'm trying to pass an array into a function without using pointers..

My code is as follows


void Select_Game_Mode(void) ;
void Single_Player_Mode(void) ;
int Single_Player_Play(int bucket[], int arrSize) ;

int main()
{
srand(time(0)) ;

Select_Game_Mode() ;

return 0;

}

// Function to select game mode
// If the choices are not within the specified range then the program exits
void Select_Game_Mode()
{
cout << "Welcome to The Game of DICE BUCKET"
<< "\n\nPlease select the mode "
<< "\n\n1. Single player "
<< "\n2. Two Players "
<< "\n3. Play against the computer "
<< "\n\nEnter your choice : " ;
int playerChoice ;
cin >> playerChoice ;

if (playerChoice <= 0 || playerChoice > 3)
{
cerr << "Invalid Entry " ;
system("pause");
exit(0);
}
else
{
Print_Rules(playerChoice) ;
}

}

// Function for single player mode
void Single_Player_Mode(void)
{
char answer = 'y' ;
const int SIZE = 13;
bool arrBucket[SIZE] = {0} ;
int count (0), points(0), totalPoints(0), maxPoint(24); // 24 is the magic number of points the player needs equal or surpass in order to win

while (( answer == 'y' || answer == 'Y') )
{
points = Single_Player_Play ( (static_cast <int> arrBucket[]), SIZE) ; // function call
totalPoints = totalPoints + points ;

if (totalPoints >= maxPoint)
{
Check_Winner( totalPoints, maxPoint );
}

cout << "\nYour total winning so far is " << totalPoints
<< "\nDo you want to play another round ? You risk LOSING EVERYTHING! " ;
cin >> answer ;

if ( (answer == 'n' || answer == 'N') )
{
Check_Winner( totalPoints, maxPoint );
}



}
}


// singleplayer play
int Single_Player_Play(int bucket[], int arrSize)
{

int SinglePlayerPoints(0), round(0);

round = Dice_Roll();

for ( int i = 2; i <= arrSize; i++ ) // i is set to 2 because in a 2 die roll, the result can never be lower than 2
{
if ( round == i ) // check if dice roll matches the array element
{
if ( bucket ) // check and see if bucket is full
{
SinglePlayerPoints = 0 ;
cout << "\nSorry " << round << " has already been rolled"
<< "\nYou lose all your points" << endl ;
system("pause");
return 0 ;

}
else if ( !bucket ) // if bucket is empty, fill it
{
bucket = 1 ;
SinglePlayerPoints = SinglePlayerPoints + round ;
return SinglePlayerPoints ;
}
}
}


}

 

[ArkM]

1. Use CODE tags for snippets (see Process TGML link on the message form).
2. It's a very strange problem: why do you need to pass bool array where yout function waits int array:

int Single_Player_Play(int bucket[], int arrSize) ;
...
bool arrBucket[SIZE] = {0} ;
...
points = Single_Player_Play 
((static_cast <int> arrBucket[]), SIZE); // Wrong statement...

Why do you want to cast this array (pointer) to int?!..
3. In that case use reinterpret_cast<int*>(), not a static_cast. But it's meaningless operation. You must declare this array as int[] then pass it to Single_Player_Play():

Single_Player_Play(array_name,size); // No [] brackets!..

4. Well, in C/C++ any occurence of an array name in executable statement implicitly converted to a pointer value(except sizeof op arg. It's the language rule. Let's reread your original question now...

 

[mingis]

int Single_Player_Play(int bucket[], int arrSize);

bucket is a pointer, the same like in

int Single_Player_Play(int *bucket, int arrSize);

 

[ysablewolf]

The array is a bool array...the int was mistake leftover from my previous code.

Thanks for the tips, The code's working fine now.