Cpp - Passing Pointers to Functions to Other Functions

Introduction

The pointers to functions can be passed to other functions.

The following code shows how to pass the chosen function pointer to another function that will display the values, invoke the function.

Demo

#include <iostream> 
 
void square(int&,int&); 
void cube(int&, int&); 
void swap(int&, int&); 
void getVals(int&, int&); 
void printVals(void (*)(int&, int&),int&, int&); 
 
int main() /*from   ww  w . j  av a 2s .  c om*/
{ 
    int valOne=1, valTwo=2; 
    int choice; 
    bool fQuit = false; 
 
    void (*pFunc)(int&, int&); 
 
    while (fQuit == false) 
    { 
           std::cout << "(0) Quit (1) Change Values " 
                << "(2) Square (3) Cube (4) Swap: "; 
           std::cin >> choice; 
           switch (choice) 
           { 
           case 1: 
               pFunc = getVals; 
               break; 
           case 2: 
               pFunc = square; 
               break; 
            case 3: 
                 pFunc = cube; 
                 break; 
            case 4: 
                 pFunc = swap; 
                 break; 
            default: 
                 fQuit = true; 
                 break; 
            } 
            if (fQuit == true) 
                 break; 
            printVals(pFunc, valOne, valTwo); 
    } 
 
    return 0; 
} 
 
void printVals(void (*pFunc)(int&, int&),int& x, int& y) 
{ 
    std::cout << "x: " << x << " y: " << y << "\n"; 
    pFunc(x, y); 
    std::cout << "x: " << x << " y: " << y << "\n"; 
} 
 
void square(int &rX, int &rY) 
{ 
    rX *= rX; 
    rY *= rY; 
} 
 
void cube(int &rX, int &rY) 
{ 
    int tmp; 
 
    tmp = rX; 
    rX *= rX; 
    rX = rX * tmp; 
 
    tmp = rY; 
    rY *= rY; 
    rY = rY * tmp; 
} 
 
void swap(int &rX, int &rY) 
{ 
    int temp; 
    temp = rX; 
    rX = rY; 
    rY = temp; 
} 
 
void getVals(int &rValOne, int &rValTwo) 
{ 
    std::cout << "New value for valOne: "; 
    std::cin >> rValOne; 
    std::cout << "New value for valTwo: "; 
    std::cin >> rValTwo; 
}

Cpp - Passing Pointers to Functions to Other Functions

Introduction

Demo

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