Re: more of a C question than GTK+3.0??

[Gary Kline <kline thought org>]

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On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 08:08:34AM +0200, Gergely Polonkai wrote:
> On 6 Sep 2014 03:12, "Gary Kline" <kline thought org> wrote:
> > =====
> > Organization: Thought Unlimited.  Public service Unix since 1986.
> > Of_Interest: With 28 years  of service  to the  Unix  community.
> >
> >         things that I *thought* might work by using
> >
> > s = gtk_label_get_text(GTK_LABEL((GtkWidget)buf));
> >
> >         fails.  (with contains the String "label1")  I have a index,
> >         "n" that can range from 1 to 99--whatever GtkWidget *label I
> >         need.  the next thing that occured was some kind of
> >
> >         typedef struct
> >         {
> >
> >                 GtkWidget  *label1,
> >                            *label2,
> >                            *label3,
> >                            ...
> >                            *label999;
> >         } Labels;
> >
> >         can abybody clue on how to use my n index counter to stick
> >         one of the "labels" so they show up on my arrow window?
> >
> >         thanks much.
> >
> > --
> >  Gary Kline  kline thought org  http://www.thought.org  Public Service
> Unix
> >              Twenty-eight years of service to the Unix community.
>
> This definitely calls for an array:
>
> GtkWidget *label[1000];
>
> as you cannot reference to a variable with a constructed name (like $$a in
> PHP). If your struct holds only pointers, though, you can also cast it to
> an array:
>
> ((GtkWidget **)label_list)[99]
>
> but I haven't tested it, and highly discourage it.



        I will heed your advise!  a workaround may be in three *.c 
        files.  but first:: sleep.

-- 
 Gary Kline  kline thought org  http://www.thought.org  Public Service Unix
             Twenty-eight years of service to the Unix community.