Category "c"

Can using volatile affect the behavior of simple property checking system?

I'm maintaining a project where someone has suggested that we make some variables volatile. I'm trying to understand if it's needed at all (or could be needed).

Quick sort in function

Task: using the function of generating an array to a file, the function of reading an this array, and the quick sort function, sort the read array. I wrote all

Length of array in function argument

This is well known code to compute array length in C: sizeof(array)/sizeof(type) But I can't seem to find out the length of the array passed as an argument t

Which C/C++ data type should I use for PHI(N) calculator?

I found a source code online for calculating PHI. I made some small adjustments to the variable types, such as using an unsigned long int, however I am limited

Trying to get the length of digits in c

I'm trying to understand why I am getting this error message. error: data argument not used by format string [-Werror,-Wformat-extra-args] printf("Enter car

Bubble sort on string array not doing anything in C with strcmp

I am trying to sort a string array in C (char**), the string array is an array of all the names of files in a directory. Here are all the parts of the code, I e

Missing separator in generated Makefile

I'm trying to compile this decade-old project: https://github.com/komar007/freecg The makefile generates Makefile.dep which seems incorrectly formatted. How sho

Purpose of bitwise operation in this example

In the function outb(0x3D5, (uint8_t) (pos & 0xFF));, I am having trouble understanding the purpose of the bitwise operation. pos is a uint16_t variable. Wh

C pointer to a pointer confusion

I have the following code. I tried to change the value of y by using a pointer to a pointer (i.e. trying to do a de-referencing twice from the pointer that poin

How to get the total?

Good day, I am practicing about Arithmetic and started to experiment a bit and got confused. How can I total the liter, refueled, and tendered? #include <std

How do I search most common words in very big file (over 1 Gb) wit using 1 Kb or less memory?

I have very big text file, with dozens of millions of words, one word per line. I need to find top 10 most common words in that file. There is some restrictions

i can't seem to understand a C code to sort a linked list of data

i have been given a code to sort a linked list that contains links (we call them maillons in french, sorry i don't really know how it's called in english) of Op

Creating process with elevated privileges using CreateProcessAsUserW from system service

I'm trying to launch a process from a system service using the token handle of the currently active user with elevated privileges (if user is in admin. group).

how to get the bare bone compiled binary code of a C function?

I'm trying to implement an embedded firmware on an stm32 F4 micro that takes an binary code from the serial and execute it on the micro. The idea is pretty simp

trying to reverse string without string function strrev but not working in c

#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> void main(void) { char in[15], rev[15]; printf("Enter a word (upto 15 letters): "); gets(in);

Different C++ fork() behavior between CentOS 7.5 & RockyLinux 8.4, Ubunu 20.04

I'm working with some legacy code. It works fine on a CentOS 7 system. The args array gets hosed on both a Rocky 8.4 and Ubuntu 20.04 system. I've simplified th

GTK treeview: disable highlight when selected

I try to disable highlight on a row when it is selected for a GtkTreeView widget (default is blue background and white text color). I tried to change the STATE_

Error: Called Object is Not a Function or Function Pointer [Need Help]

//File Name: "track_distance.h" #ifndef TRACK_DISTANCE_H_INCLUDED #define TRACK_DISTANCE_H_INCLUDED typedef struct Point_struct { float x; float y; }

How do I convert a number to a string without using stdlib.h or string.h?

Here is my exercise: Write a function that receives from the user two strings that show two real numbers (possibly negative), And produces a string that contai

Load and use a Glade layout in GTK2/C

I was trying to load a Glade layout into a GTK2 C code. It consists of a window in which there is a VBox with 2 elements: a label and a button. I want to associ