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Passing Arrays to Functions
You can also pass arrays to functions. For instance, the following example adds the elements of an array and returns the sum:
int data[] = {1, 2, 3, 4};
int total = adder(data,
sizeof(data)/sizeof(int));
printf("The total is %i\n", total);
long adder(int array[], int number_
elements)
{
long sum = 0;
int loop_index;
for (loop_index = 0; loop_index <
number_elements; loop_index++)
sum = sum + array[loop_index];
return sum;
}
To pass arrays to functions:
- Create a new program named functionpassarrays.m.
- In functionpassarrays.m, enter the code shown in Listing 4.13.
This code creates an array and passes it to a function named adder().
Listing 4.13. Starting functionpassarrays.m.
#include <stdio.h> long adder(int array[], int number_elements); int main() { int data[] = {1, 2, 3, 4}; int total = adder(data, sizeof(data)/sizeof(int)); printf("The total is %i\n", total); return 0; }Listing 4.14. The functionpassarrays.m program.
#include <stdio.h> long adder(int array[], int number_elements); int main() { int data[] = {1, 2, 3, 4}; int total = adder(data, sizeof(data)/sizeof(int)); printf("The total is %i\n", total); return 0; } long adder(int array[], int number_elements) { long sum = 0; int loop_index; for (loop_index = 0; loop_index < number_elements; loop_index++) sum = sum + array[loop_index]; return sum; } - Add the code to create the adder() function (Listing 4.14).
- Save functionpassarrays.m.
- Run the functionpassarrays.m program.
You should see the following:
The total is 10