Passing Arrays to Functions In C++

Overview

we can pass array parameter three types

• Sized Array Parameter
• Unsized Array Parameter
• Pointer Array Parameter

As working term above three types is same.

data_type[]

and

data_type[size] // here size is a compile-time number,which is array size.

//Are exactly the pointer reference also same as
data_type*

Syntax

// Type 1 : Sized Array Parameter
int sum1(int tmp[12]);

// Type 2 : Unsized Array Parameter
int sum2(int tmp[]);

// Type 3 : Pointer Reference Array Parameter
int sum3(int * tmp);

Passing Arrays to Functions example program In C++

/*  Passing Arrays to Functions example program In C++ Programming Language
    Array Example In C++*/

// Header Files
#include <iostream>
#include<conio.h>

using namespace std;

// Type 1 : Sized Array Parameter Function Declaration
int sum1(int tmp[12]);
// Type 2 : Unsized Array Parameter Function Declaration
int sum2(int tmp[]);
// Type 3 : Pointer Array Parameter Function Declaration
int sum3(int * tmp);

int main() {
   int total = 0;
   // declaring and Initializing sales array in C
   int sales[12] = {100, 90, 80, 110, 115, 210, 80, 95, 125, 135, 140, 174};

   int i; // Variable for access sales array index
   cout << "Passing Arrays to Functions :Sales Sum Demo : In C++ Example Program\n";

   total = sum1(sales);
   cout << "\nType 1 : Sum :" << total;

   total = sum2(sales);
   cout << "\nType 2 : Sum :" << total;

   total = sum3(sales);
   cout << "\nType 3 : Sum :" << total;

   getch();
   return 0;
}

// Type 1 : Sized Array Parameter Function Definition

int sum1(int tmp[12]) {
   int sum = 0, i;
   for (i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
      sum = sum + tmp[i];
   }
   return sum;
}

// Type 2 : Unsized Array Parameter Function Definition

int sum2(int tmp[]) {
   int sum = 0, i;
   for (i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
      sum = sum + tmp[i];
   }
   return sum;
}

// Type 3 : Pointer Array Parameter Function Definition

int sum3(int * tmp) {
   int sum = 0, i;
   for (i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
      sum = sum + tmp[i];
   }
   return sum;
}

Sample Output

Passing Arrays to Functions :Sales Sum Demo : In C++ Example Program

Type 1 : Sum :1454
Type 2 : Sum :1454
Type 3 : Sum :1454