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Pointer ArraysPointer Arrays — arrays of pointers to any type of data, which grow automatically as new elements are added |
#include <glib.h> GPtrArray; GPtrArray* g_ptr_array_new (void); GPtrArray* g_ptr_array_sized_new (guint reserved_size); void g_ptr_array_add (GPtrArray *array, gpointer data); gboolean g_ptr_array_remove (GPtrArray *array, gpointer data); gpointer g_ptr_array_remove_index (GPtrArray *array, guint index_); gboolean g_ptr_array_remove_fast (GPtrArray *array, gpointer data); gpointer g_ptr_array_remove_index_fast (GPtrArray *array, guint index_); void g_ptr_array_remove_range (GPtrArray *array, guint index_, guint length); void g_ptr_array_sort (GPtrArray *array, GCompareFunc compare_func); void g_ptr_array_sort_with_data (GPtrArray *array, GCompareDataFunc compare_func, gpointer user_data); void g_ptr_array_set_size (GPtrArray *array, gint length); #define g_ptr_array_index (array,index_) gpointer* g_ptr_array_free (GPtrArray *array, gboolean free_seg); void g_ptr_array_foreach (GPtrArray *array, GFunc func, gpointer user_data);
Pointer Arrays are similar to Arrays but are used only for storing pointers.
If you remove elements from the array, elements at the end of the array are moved into the space previously occupied by the removed element. This means that you should not rely on the index of particular elements remaining the same. You should also be careful when deleting elements while iterating over the array.
To create a pointer array, use g_ptr_array_new()
.
To add elements to a pointer array, use g_ptr_array_add()
.
To remove elements from a pointer array, use g_ptr_array_remove()
,
g_ptr_array_remove_index()
or g_ptr_array_remove_index_fast()
.
To access an element of a pointer array, use g_ptr_array_index()
.
To set the size of a pointer array, use g_ptr_array_set_size()
.
To free a pointer array, use g_ptr_array_free()
.
Example 21. Using a GPtrArray
GPtrArray *gparray; gchar *string1 = "one", *string2 = "two", *string3 = "three"; gparray = g_ptr_array_new (); g_ptr_array_add (gparray, (gpointer) string1); g_ptr_array_add (gparray, (gpointer) string2); g_ptr_array_add (gparray, (gpointer) string3); if (g_ptr_array_index (gparray, 0) != (gpointer) string1) g_print ("ERROR: got %p instead of %p\n", g_ptr_array_index (gparray, 0), string1); g_ptr_array_free (gparray, TRUE);
typedef struct { gpointer *pdata; guint len; } GPtrArray;
Contains the public fields of a pointer array.
GPtrArray* g_ptr_array_new (void);
Creates a new GPtrArray.
Returns : |
the new GPtrArray. |
GPtrArray* g_ptr_array_sized_new (guint reserved_size);
Creates a new GPtrArray with reserved_size
pointers
preallocated. This avoids frequent reallocation, if you are going to
add many pointers to the array. Note however that the size of the
array is still 0.
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number of pointers preallocated. |
Returns : |
the new GPtrArray. |
void g_ptr_array_add (GPtrArray *array, gpointer data);
Adds a pointer to the end of the pointer array. The array will grow in size automatically if necessary.
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a GPtrArray. |
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the pointer to add. |
gboolean g_ptr_array_remove (GPtrArray *array, gpointer data);
Removes the first occurrence of the given pointer from the pointer array. The following elements are moved down one place.
It returns TRUE
if the pointer was removed, or FALSE
if the pointer
was not found.
gpointer g_ptr_array_remove_index (GPtrArray *array, guint index_);
Removes the pointer at the given index from the pointer array. The following elements are moved down one place.
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a GPtrArray. |
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the index of the pointer to remove. |
Returns : |
the pointer which was removed. |
gboolean g_ptr_array_remove_fast (GPtrArray *array, gpointer data);
Removes the first occurrence of the given pointer from the pointer array.
The last element in the array is used to fill in the space, so this function
does not preserve the order of the array. But it is faster than
g_ptr_array_remove()
.
It returns TRUE
if the pointer was removed, or FALSE
if the pointer
was not found.
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a GPtrArray. |
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the pointer to remove. |
Returns : |
%TRUE if the pointer was found in the array. |
gpointer g_ptr_array_remove_index_fast (GPtrArray *array, guint index_);
Removes the pointer at the given index from the pointer array.
The last element in the array is used to fill in the space, so this function
does not preserve the order of the array. But it is faster than
g_ptr_array_remove_index()
.
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a GPtrArray. |
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the index of the pointer to remove. |
Returns : |
the pointer which was removed. |
void g_ptr_array_remove_range (GPtrArray *array, guint index_, guint length);
Removes the given number of pointers starting at the given index from a GPtrArray. The following elements are moved to close the gap.
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a GPtrArray .
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the index of the first pointer to remove. |
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the number of pointers to remove. |
Since 2.4
void g_ptr_array_sort (GPtrArray *array, GCompareFunc compare_func);
Sorts the array, using compare_func
which should be a qsort()
-style comparison
function (returns less than zero for first arg is less than second arg,
zero for equal, greater than zero if irst arg is greater than second arg).
If two array elements compare equal, their order in the sorted array is undefined.
The comparison function for g_ptr_array_sort()
doesn't take the pointers
from the array as arguments, it takes pointers to the pointers in the array.
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a GPtrArray. |
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comparison function. |
void g_ptr_array_sort_with_data (GPtrArray *array, GCompareDataFunc compare_func, gpointer user_data);
Like g_ptr_array_sort()
, but the comparison function has an extra user data
argument.
The comparison function for g_ptr_array_sort_with_data()
doesn't take the
pointers from the array as arguments, it takes pointers to the pointers in
the array.
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a GPtrArray. |
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comparison function. |
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data to pass to compare_func .
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void g_ptr_array_set_size (GPtrArray *array, gint length);
Sets the size of the array, expanding it if necessary.
New elements are set to NULL
.
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a GPtrArray. |
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the new length of the pointer array. |
#define g_ptr_array_index(array,index_)
Returns the pointer at the given index of the pointer array.
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a GPtrArray. |
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the index of the pointer to return. |
Returns : |
the pointer at the given index. |
gpointer* g_ptr_array_free (GPtrArray *array, gboolean free_seg);
Frees the memory allocated for the GPtrArray.
If free_segment
is TRUE
it frees the memory block holding the elements
as well. Pass FALSE
if you want to free the GPtrArray wrapper but preserve
the underlying array for use elsewhere.
If array contents point to dynamically-allocated memory, they should be freed separately.