May seem like a stupid question but can an array call a function? and if so is it possible to select an array from user input, so if the array was something like Num[10] and the user would input 6, it would then select Num[5] and call the function associated with that subscript.
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Jump to PostNo. An array is a list of values. Values can't call functions. Only code can call functions.
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WaltP
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No. An array is a list of values. Values can't call functions. Only code can call functions.
pg5678
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So I guess it was a stupid a question, thanks anyway.
gerard4143
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Technically speaking, the only difference between code and data are memory attributes. So an array could carry values that equate to a function calls but you could not call them unless you changed the memory attributes to read/execute and pointed the instruction pointer at them..
WaltP
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Technically speaking, the only difference between code and data are memory attributes. So an array could carry values that equate to a function calls but you could not call them unless you changed the memory attributes to read/execute and pointed the instruction pointer at them..
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gerard4143
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:icon_rolleyes:
So your stating that memory attributes can't be changed? Are you sure about your 'rolling eyes' and what it implies.
WaltP
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I know what I meant to imply, and it has nothing to do with memory attributes. I see I should have quoted the entire statement. So corrected.
gerard4143
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I know what I meant to imply
and what was that?
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