how to make a array of pointer to call func pointer? - c

Question

i have code to array of func pointer
#include <stdio.h>
int sum(int a, int b);
int subtract(int a, int b);
int mul(int a, int b);
int div(int a, int b);
int (*p[4]) (int x, int y);
int main(void)
{
int result;
int i, j, op;
p[0] = sum; /* address of sum() */
p[1] = subtract; /* address of subtract() */
p[2] = mul; /* address of mul() */
p[3] = div; /* address of div() */
printf("Enter two numbers: ");
scanf("%d %d", &i, &j);
printf("0: Add, 1: Subtract, 2: Multiply, 3: Divide\n");
do {
printf("Enter number of operation: ");
scanf("%d", &op);
} while(op<0 || op>3);
result = (*p[op]) (i, j);
printf("%d", result);
return 0;
}
int sum(int a, int b)
{
return a + b;
}
int subtract(int a, int b)
{
return a - b;
}
int mul(int a, int b)
{
return a * b;
}
int div(int a, int b)
{
if(b)
return a / b;
else
return 0;
}
code for array of pointer to function:
#include <stdio.h>
int sum(int, int);
int product(int, int);
int subtract(int, int);
int main()
{
int i = 0;
int a = 10;
int b = 5;
int result = 0;
int (*pfun[3])(int, int);
pfun[0] = sum;
pfun[1] = product;
pfun[2] = subtract;
for( i = 0 ; i < 3 ; i++)
{
result = pfun[i](a, b);
printf("\nresult = %d", result);
}
result = pfun[1](pfun[0](a, b), pfun[2](a, b));
printf("\n\nThe product of the sum and the subtract = %d\n",result);
}
int sum(int x, int y)
{
return x + y;
}
int product(int x, int y)
{
return x * y;
}
int subtract(int x, int y)
{
return x - y;
}
now how to combine this two program. such that array of pointers pointing to func pointers and the func pointers may have different number of args? any suggestion.

Answer 1

You not only need to store function pointers with a variable number of arguments (that is not very difficult, you could use a union for instance), but you also need to make sure you call the functions with the correct argument, and that is a bit trickier given your design.
I suggest to use a stack instead. All your functions would only take the stack as an argument:
void sum(stack_t *stack);
void subtract(stack_t *stack);
void product(stack_t *stack);
And your array could be declared this way:
typedef void callback_t(stack_t *);
callback_t *p[] =
{
sum,
subtract,
product,
/* ... */
};
Then for instance sum would be implemented as such:
void sum(stack_t *stack)
{
if (depth(stack) < 2)
perror("Not enough arguments in stack!");
int b = popstack(stack);
int a = popstack(stack);
int c = a + b;
pushstack(stack, c);
}
But unary minus would be implemented this way:
void neg(stack_t *stack)
{
if (depth(stack) < 1)
perror("Not enough arguments in stack!");
int a = popstack(stack);
pushstack(stack, -a);
}
Each function decides how many arguments they need. The caller does not need to know.