Question

#define SIZE 9

struct circ_buff{
  char buff[SIZE];
  int total = 0;
  char *tail;
  char *head;
 } gsm;

Can anybody tell me how to access “tail” & “head”? Using the variable gsm (gsm should be used as struct variable not as a pointer).

Answer 1

#define SIZE 9
struct circ_buff{
  char buff[SIZE];
  int total; /* you can't initialize this here */
  char *tail;
  char *head;
 } gsm;  

int main() {
  gsm.total = 0;
  /* it looks like you're writing a circular buffer, so... set head/tail to the
   * start of the buffer
   */
  gsm.tail = gsm.buff;
  gsm.head = gsm.buff;

 /*
  *    gsm.head++;                // increment as you add to the buffer, don't 
  *                               // forget to check for overflows
  *
  *    // Other stuff you might want to do (assuming correct boundary checking)
  * 
  *    *gsm.head = 'G';           // set current head to 'G'
  *
  *    printf("%c\n", *gsm.head); // print current value of head
  *
  */
  return 0;
}