[Gambas-user] Struct with Array Field

[Brian G]

As a point here strings are empty no initialized. If you actually look at the structure after creation a string is in fact a null pointer till a value is assigned to it.
Look for your self
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Thanks
Brian G Friday, 07 April 2023, 10:09AM -07:00 from T Lee Davidson  t.lee.davidson at gmail.com :

>On 4/6/23 17:45, Jussi Lahtinen wrote:
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>> In c terms which structure are interface for, strings and arrays are just pointer that are not initialized to a value until
>> something is assigned to them.
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>> When you do a  mstrct = new mystruct it creates the structure with null pointers for those fields.
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> The topic was *objects *inside structure. They have only null pointers. Variables are valid without further actions.
> C does not have "new", but he was referring to the similar things that need to be done in C.
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> Jussi
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>Yes, the original topic was arrays (objects) in a structure. To help clarify for the OP, I gave examples of what did or did not 
>need to be explicitly initialized in a structure. Brian's response was to make a false statement which, to help prevent 
>confusion, needed to be corrected.
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>The statement, "When you do a  mstrct = new mystruct it creates the structure with null pointers for those fields," does not 
>refer to what happens in C. And, "those fields," obviously refers to "strings and arrays". As I explained, the strings would be 
>automatically initialized, but the arrays would not.
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>Is there anything incorrect about the following statement?
>Simple native datatypes (such as String, Integer, Boolean) will be automatically initialized. But, objects (such as String[], 
>Integer[], Boolean[]), which are objects of classes and have properties and methods, must be initialized with the NEW keyword.
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>Lee
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