C to C# condition conversion question

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Hi @ all!

I'm trying to convert a function to from C to C# and do not undestand what's going on here. The following definitions are given:

C++

int   **matrix;
char   *objects;

Later a conditions is set up in the following way:

C++

if( objects[ matrix[i][j] ] ) 
  <dosomething>

What is checked there? A char can be boolean in some way? Or is it C style NULL testing?

Thanks in advance

Rowan

Posted 16-Sep-12 19:56pm

RowanArkison

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Sep-12 2:16am

What do you mean by "convert", exactly?
--SA

RowanArkison 17-Sep-12 2:43am

Convert in this case means, I have a c source code and I am stuck writing a C# implementation doing the same work as the function in C - so conversion is more a manual step :-D

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Sep-12 19:21pm

I would call it "translation" :-)
Please see my previous comment, the one on your comment on my solution.
--SA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-16T20:25:00

Solution 1

Yes, this is kind of a way C goes instead of using Boolean, which does not exist. Everything which has binary representation filled with all zeros (null, integer 0, floating-point 0, character 0x00, etc) is considered false; and everything else — as true. More exactly, Boolean type itself does not even exist, but "if" is used as any type workes as Boolean. The definition or TRUE and FALSE is often used, but they is nothing more than some preprocessor (precompiler) macro definitions. So, there are millions of bugs stemmed from comparison like if (value == TRUE) instead of if (value) and a number of similar crazy problems. A nightmare… So, be very careful, especially interfacing with other languages.

—SA

Posted 16-Sep-12 20:25pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 16-Sep-12 20:26pm

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RowanArkison 17-Sep-12 2:41am

Hi Sergey!

If I understand you right, this small sniplet just checks the object against zero. So this be a suitable representation in C#, right?

public enum objects
{
None,
TypeA,
[...]
}

if (objects[matrix[i][j]] == objects.None)
{
}

Regards Rowan

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Sep-12 19:20pm

That's right. I don't understand what are you doing though. Are you just translating C to C#? If so, you should look more at the semantic of the code and first understand the semantic, and then translate it to C# code. If you try to formally translate from C to C#, you will have some big problem. First, many thing implemented in C at the level of application code is already done in .NET, at the level of framework. And then, if C code has bugs, you could reproduce them, something you don't want.

Good luck.
--SA