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Oct 24th, 2004

C++: compile error "subscripted value is neither array nor pointer"

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im compiling a basic sorting algorithm that utilizies POSIX threads (pthreads) ....

everything was compiling fine, until i put the thread implementation in ....

all of a sudden, it gives me this:

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-bash-2.05b$ gcc project4a.c -lpthreads
project4a.c: In function `main':
project4a.c:32: subscripted value is neither array nor pointer
project4a.c:33: subscripted value is neither array nor pointer
 
-bash-2.05b$ gcc project4a.c -lpthreads
project4a.c: In function `main':
project4a.c:32: subscripted value is neither array nor pointer
project4a.c:33: subscripted value is neither array nor pointer

in regards to these lines:

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     n[x] = atoi(readnum);
     printf("%i ", n[x]);
     n[x] = atoi(readnum);
     printf("%i ", n[x]);

it is declared correctly, like this:

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const int MAX = 1024;
int n[51];
int tot_n;
 
void *numsort (void *arg);
 
 
int main()
{
  char readnum[MAX];
.
.
.
const int MAX = 1024;
int n[51];
int tot_n;

void *numsort (void *arg);


int main()
{
  char readnum[MAX];
.
.
.

what error is that???? anyone?

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Re: C++: compile error "subscripted value is neither array nor pointer"

n is a highly suspect name for a global variable. Did you accidentally declare a local variable n that was not an array? The global n would be hidden by the local n and you would get that error.

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Re: C++: compile error "subscripted value is neither array nor pointer"

Quote originally posted by Narue ...

n is a highly suspect name for a global variable. Did you accidentally declare a local variable n that was not an array? The global n would be hidden by the local n and you would get that error.

no, the only global variables i have are:

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const int MAX = 1024;
int nums[50];
int tot_n;
const int MAX = 1024;
int nums[50];
int tot_n;

my locals:

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  char readnum[MAX];
  int x = 0;
  int i, j, k, l, m, n;
  char *ifEOF;
  int numof_stgs;
  int numof_threads;
  pthread_t threadID;
  void *thread_result;
  char readnum[MAX];
  int x = 0;
  int i, j, k, l, m, n;
  char *ifEOF;
  int numof_stgs;
  int numof_threads;
  pthread_t threadID;
  void *thread_result;

i changed it since, and it worked...

but then, now im getting the error again elsewhere:

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-bash-2.05b$ gcc project4a.c -lpthread
project4a.c: In function `numsort':
project4a.c:102: warning: assignment makes integer from pointer without a cast
project4a.c:104: invalid operands to binary -
project4a.c:108: array subscript is not an integer
project4a.c:110: array subscript is not an integer
project4a.c:111: array subscript is not an integer
 
-bash-2.05b$ gcc project4a.c -lpthread
project4a.c: In function `numsort':
project4a.c:102: warning: assignment makes integer from pointer without a cast
project4a.c:104: invalid operands to binary -
project4a.c:108: array subscript is not an integer
project4a.c:110: array subscript is not an integer
project4a.c:111: array subscript is not an integer

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 void *numsort(void *arg)
 {
 
   //compare and switch if needed
 
   int *index = (int*)arg;
 
   int last, tmp, next;
 
   next = index + 1;
 
   last = tot_n - index;
 
   if (last == 2)
     {
       if (nums[index] > nums[next])
         {
           tmp = nums[index];
           nums[index] = nums[next];
           nums[next] = tmp;
         }
     }
   else
     {
       printf("checking last element\n");
     }
 
   printf("\n%i: Hello World!\n", arg);
 
   pthread_exit ((void*)NULL);
 }
 void *numsort(void *arg)
 {
 
   //compare and switch if needed
 
   int *index = (int*)arg;
 
   int last, tmp, next;
 
   next = index + 1;
 
   last = tot_n - index;
 
   if (last == 2)
     {
       if (nums[index] > nums[next])
         {
           tmp = nums[index];
           nums[index] = nums[next];
           nums[next] = tmp;
         }
     }
   else
     {
       printf("checking last element\n");
     }
 
   printf("\n%i: Hello World!\n", arg);
 
   pthread_exit ((void*)NULL);
 }

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Re: C++: compile error "subscripted value is neither array nor pointer"

>no, the only global variables i have are
Those are different from your first post.

>my locals:
I see an n that's declared as int.

>next = index + 1;
This line is trying to compute an offset from index and assign it to next, but next is not a pointer.

>last = tot_n - index;
Subtracting a pointer from an integer makes no sense.

>if (nums[index] > nums[next])
index is a pointer, not an integer. Array indices must be integral.

>tmp = nums[index];
This is the same problem.

>nums[index] = nums[next];
And here as well.

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Re: C++: compile error "subscripted value is neither array nor pointer"

well, that solved it.... im new to the whole pthreads ... i coerced the passed value wrong... needed to coerce it to int, which is what i thought i was doing ....

but now it works ...... thanks for the help!

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Re: C++: compile error "subscripted value is neither array nor pointer"

I am so lost. I don't know what I'm doing. Can somebody help me? What I'm trying to do right now is just store ID numbers in an array to use them elsewhere in my program. I can't even do that right though. This is my first time taking computer science and I just don't get it.

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Re: C++: compile error "subscripted value is neither array nor pointer"

Don't go hijacking other people's threads. I already answered your question in your previous thread.

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Re: C++: compile error "subscripted value is neither array nor pointer"

Big deal. I'm new to this site, ok?

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Re: C++: compile error "subscripted value is neither array nor pointer"

So kid, try to be modest instead acting smart. This kind of attitude won't fetch you any help.

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