Re: Question regarding passing variables to ILE-RPG from C

I don't code in RPG so I can't tell you if you're doing anything wrong on
the RPG side.
However, if you set a break point at the "return foo;" line, you can
evaluate foo's contents by doing:

eval *foo : s

on the command line.

This'll tell you if foo's contents are correct on the C side of things.  If
they are, you can focus on the RPG side of things.

Elvis

-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: [C400-L] Question regarding passing variables to ILE-RPG from C

Good catch on that, tried changing it to have the variable global, but 
no effect.  FOOSTR still evaluates to gibberish on the RPG side.

Is there a way for me to evaluate the memory address in the module 
source to check foo[]'s contents?  If I F11 foo in the module source, I 
only get an SPP:<memory address> line, rather than the actual data I was 
hoping to see.

Thank,
Pete


Elvis Budimlic wrote:
> Your foo variable is declared as automatic storage and is local to the
> getStr function.  As such, pointer you return will be valid, but the very
> next instruction may very well overwrite this storage.
> One way to solve it would be to declare foo as static (global) storage:
> 
> 0001.00 #include <stdio.h>
> 0002.00 #include <string.h>
> 0003.00 #include <stdlib.h>
> 0004.00
> 0005.00 char foo[25];
> 0006.00 
> 0007.00 char* getStr(int incomingVar)
> 0008.00 {
> 0009.00  sprintf(foo,"%d",incomingVar); 
> 0010.00  return foo;
> 0011.00 } 
> 
> Now the pointer you return will point to valid storage.
> 
> Elvis
>