Passing Basic Array of Long Integers to C by Far Reference (27298)

SUMMARY

The following example demonstrates how to pass an array of long integers from compiled Basic to Microsoft C by far reference.

This information about inter-language calling applies to QuickBasic Versions 4.00, 4.00b, and 4.50 for MS-DOS and to Microsoft Basic Compiler Versions 6.00 and 6.00b for MS-DOS and MS OS/2.

MORE INFORMATION

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BAS2C

Code Example

REM ===== Basic PROGRAM =====

DECLARE SUB LongArray CDECL (_
            BYVAL p1 AS INTEGER,_
            BYVAL p2 AS INTEGER)
DEFINT A-Z
DIM i AS LONG
DIM array(10) AS LONG
CLS
FOR i = 1 TO 10
   array(i) = i + 100
NEXT i
'Array must be a FAR pointer, so offset and segment must be passed:
CALL LongArray(VARPTR(array(0)), VARSEG(array(0)))
LOCATE 15, 1
PRINT "Back in Basic"
FOR i = 1 TO 10
   PRINT i, array(i)
NEXT i
END

/* ===== C ROUTINES ===== */ 

#include <stdio.h>
void LongArray(array)
   long far *array;
 {
    int i;
    printf("Index         Value\n");
    for (i=0;i < 11; i++)
       {
         printf("  %d          %ld\n",i,array[i]);
         array[i]=array[i]+100;
       };
 }

===== OUTPUT =====

Index         Value
  0          0
  1          101
  2          102
  3          103
  4          104
  5          105
  6          106
  7          107
  8          108
  9          109
  10          110

Back in Basic
 1             201
 2             202
 3             203
 4             204
 5             205
 6             206
 7             207
 8             208
 9             209
 10            210