This is a basic question, but I'm hoping someone can help decipher this line of code for me. I can't find a reference anywhere to what the period in this statement does. I assume by the setup that it is some sort of conditional, but would appreciate any further info. Is it Keil specific? Counter[CounterInstance].Output = FALSE
Sir, You need to learn C to understand what this does (and further understand that this is NOT a conditional expression, but an assigment). I guess you're a pascal guy or something? That's what I recall conditionals looking like in pascal in a former life. Basically, the variable "Counter" is an array of "structures." In C, to access a member of a specific structure, you use a "." and then the name of the member. So... this statement says that the "Output" member of the "counterinstance-th" element in the array "Counter" is being assigned the value of FALSE; And I suspect that none of that will make any sense unless you buy a C book.
"In C, to access a member of a specific structure, you use a '.' and then the name of the member" Although they're called "records" rather than "structures" in Pascal, the notation is identical - so even a Pascal programmer should understand it!
We started with
Counter[CounterInstance].Output = FALSE
if( something == TRUE )
A comparison of 'C' and Pascal Syntax: http://www.cs.gordon.edu/courses/cs320/handouts/C_C++_Syntax_vs_Pascal.html Note that his comment, "0 = false and 1 = true" is not quite right - see above. Note also that it originated in 1989, so some of his reference to "modern", etc, are now a bit dated.
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