SUBJECT: C TOPIC: Passing arrays to functions

WRITTEN BY: DR.SRINIVAS YADLAPATY

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Passing arrays to functions:
Pass Individual Array Elements:
Passing array elements to a function is similar to passing variables to a
function.
Program:
#include <stdio.h>
void display(int x, int y)
{
printf("%d\n",x);
printf("%d\n",y);
}
void main()
{
int ar[] = {90,80,70,60,50};
clrscr();
// pass second and third elements to display()
display(ar[1], ar[2]);
getch();
}
Output:
Pass arrays to functions:
Program:
// Display marks of a student
#include<stdio.h>
void find(int marks[]);
// This is also correct: void find(int marks[5]);
void main()
{
int marks[]={10,20,30,40,50};
clrscr();
find(marks);
getch();
}
void find(int marks[])
{
int i;
printf("Marks obtained:\n");
for(i=0;i<5;i++)
printf("%d\n",marks[i]);
}
Output:
Program:
// Program to calculate the sum of array elements by passing to a function
#include <stdio.h>
float sum(float num[]);
void main()
{
float result, num[] = {90.24, 75, 82.7, 59, 60.9, 51};
clrscr();
// num array is passed to sum()
result = sum(num);
printf("Result = %.2f", result);
getch();
}
float sum(float num[])
{
int i;
float sum = 0.0;
for (i = 0; i < 6; ++i)
sum += num[i];
return sum;
}
Output:
Pass Multidimensional Arrays to a Function:
To pass multidimensional arrays to a function, only the name of the array is
passed to the function (similar to one-dimensional arrays).
Program:
#include<stdio.h>
void display(int num[2][2]);
void main()
{
int num[2][2],i,j;
clrscr();
printf("Enter 4 numbers:\n");
for (i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
for (j = 0; j < 2; ++j)
scanf("%d", &num[i][j]);
// pass multi-dimensional array to a function
display(num);
getch();
}
void display(int num[2][2])
{
int i,j;
printf(“The entered elements in matrix form is:\n”);
for (i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
{
for (j = 0; j < 2; ++j)
{
printf("%d\t", num[i][j]);
}
printf("\n");
}
}
Output: