对C语言有过了解的同学,都知道C语内置了数组类型,可是C数组是静态的—数组的长度在编译时期便已确定了长度(分配了内存)。甚至你都不能这么着使用
const int arr_size = 100; char foo[arr_size];
使用数组即有较高的随机访问特性,但我们在很多实际运用场景都无法预先知道加载数据的长度,却又不舍得一开始就建立一个“巨大”的固定长度的表(数组)。解决这个问题,可以使用链表(参见链表ADT),或者使用动态数组。这里主要介绍一下后者—–动态数组。其基本思路是先使用库函数mallo()分配一块内存,这块内存块连续存放着相应的数据单元,每个单元占用的内存空间是一样大小,然后,像引用数组那样借用指针引用这块内存,通过指针和偏移量可以随机访问各个单元的数据。当这块内存写满的时候,可以调用库函数realloc()重新分配更大空间的内存(函数realloc()不会丢失原来的内存块上的数据)。
我从php源码目录里zend目录扒了一份动态数据源代码,供大家一起学习。(http://lxr.php.net/xref/PHP_5_2/Zend/zend_dynamic_array.c)
/* file:zend_dynamic_arr.h */
#ifndef cstuff_zend_dynamic_arr_h
#define cstuff_zend_dynamic_arr_h
typedef struct _zend_dynamic_array {
char *array;
unsigned int element_size;
unsigned int current;
unsigned int allocated;
} dynamic_array;
int zend_dynamic_array_init(dynamic_array *darr, unsigned int element_size, unsigned int size);
void *zend_dynamic_array_push(dynamic_array *darr);
void *zend_dynamic_array_pop(dynamic_array *darr);
void *zend_dynamic_array_get(dynamic_array *darr, unsigned int index);
int zend_dynamic_array_destroy(dynamic_array *darr);
int zend_dynamic_array_length(dynamic_array *darr);
#endif
/* @file:zend_dynamic_arr.c */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "zend_dynamic_arr.h"
int zend_dynamic_array_init(dynamic_array *darr, unsigned int element_size, unsigned int size) {
darr->array = (char *)malloc(element_size * size);
if (darr->array == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "init(), out of memoryn");
return -1;
}
darr->element_size = element_size;
darr->allocated = size;
darr->current = 0;
return 0;
}
void *zend_dynamic_array_push(dynamic_array *darr) {
if (darr->current >= darr->allocated) {
darr->allocated *= 2;
darr->array = (char *)realloc(darr->array, darr->allocated);
if (!darr->array) {
fprintf(stderr, "push(), out of memoryn");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}
return (void *)(darr->array + (darr->current++) * darr->element_size);
}
void *zend_dynamic_array_get(dynamic_array *darr, unsigned int index) {
if (index >= darr->current) {
fprintf(stderr, "get(), key errorn");
return NULL;
}
return (void *)(darr->array + index * darr->element_size);
}
void *zend_dynamic_array_pop(dynamic_array *darr) {
if (darr->current > 0) {
return (void *)(darr->array + (--(darr->current)) * darr->element_size);
}
return NULL;
}
int zend_dynamic_array_destroy(dynamic_array *darr) {
if (!darr->array) {
free(darr->array);
darr->current = 0;
darr->allocated = 0;
}
return 0;
}
int zend_dynamic_array_length(dynamic_array *darr) {
return darr->current;
}
char *zend_dynamic_array_ref(dynamic_array *darr) {
if (darr->current > 0) {
return (char *)darr->array[0];
}
return NULL;
}
/* @file:zend_dynamic_arr_echo.c */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "zend_dynamic_arr.h"
#define INIT_SIZE 1024
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
dynamic_array buffer;
char *bp;
int c;
if (zend_dynamic_array_init(&buffer, sizeof(char), INIT_SIZE) == -1 ) {
fprintf(stderr, "init failedn");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
while ((c = getchar()) != EOF) {
if ((bp = zend_dynamic_array_push(&buffer)) != NULL) {
*bp = (char)c;
}
}
bp = zend_dynamic_array_push(&buffer);
if (bp != NULL) {
*bp = '