Variable Argument Lists (...) (C++/CLI)

 

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This example shows how you can use the ... syntax in Visual C++ to implement functions that have a variable number of arguments.

Note

This topic pertains to C++/CLI. For information about using the ... in ISO Standard C++, see Ellipses and Variadic Templates and Ellipses and Default Arguments.

The parameter that uses ... must be the last parameter in the parameter list.

Example

Code

// mcppv2_paramarray.cpp  
// compile with: /clr  
using namespace System;  
double average( ... array<Int32>^ arr ) {  
   int i = arr->GetLength(0);  
   double answer = 0.0;  
  
   for (int j = 0 ; j < i ; j++)  
      answer += arr[j];  
  
   return answer / i;  
}  
  
int main() {  
   Console::WriteLine("{0}", average( 1, 2, 3, 6 ));  
}  

Output

3  

Code Example

The following example shows how to call from C# a Visual C++ function that takes a variable number of arguments.

// mcppv2_paramarray2.cpp  
// compile with: /clr:safe /LD  
using namespace System;  
  
public ref class C {  
public:   
   void f( ... array<String^>^ a ) {}  
};  

The function f can be called from C# or Visual Basic, for example, as though it were a function that can take a variable number of arguments.

In C#, an argument that is passed to a ParamArray parameter can be called by a variable number of arguments. The following code sample is in C#.

// mcppv2_paramarray3.cs  
// compile with: /r:mcppv2_paramarray2.dll  
// a C# program  
  
public class X {  
   public static void Main() {  
      // Visual C# will generate a String array to match the   
      // ParamArray attribute  
      C myc = new C();  
      myc.f("hello", "there", "world");  
   }  
}  

A call to f in Visual C++ can pass an initialized array or a variable-length array.

// mcpp_paramarray4.cpp  
// compile with: /clr  
using namespace System;  
  
public ref class C {  
public:   
   void f( ... array<String^>^ a ) {}  
};  
  
int main() {  
   C ^ myc = gcnew C();  
   myc->f("hello", "world", "!!!");  
}  

See Also

Arrays