Avoiding hard coding of IP Address

Hi,
I wanted to avoid the hard coding of IP Address in my implementation using standard C. Instead I want to pass it so that I can connect to different remote hosts. Any example of how I can do this.

Regards

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

Hi,
I wanted to avoid the hard coding of IP Address in my implementation using standard C. Instead I want to pass it so that I can connect to different remote hosts. Any example of how I can do this.

Regards

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On the command line:

Code:

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myApp.exe 128.146.12.10

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Viggy

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])

{
if (argc != 2)
{
printf("\n Wrong arguments.. Enter ip address.");
}

char *printerIP;
printerIP = argv[1];

printf("\n printerIP is %s ",printerIP);

getchar();
return 0 ;

}

Quote:

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

Hi,
I wanted to avoid the hard coding of IP Address in my implementation using standard C. Instead I want to pass it so that I can connect to different remote hosts. Any example of how I can do this.

Regards

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What if you have a long list of remote IP addreses you want to connect ? I agree hardcoding takes time and mind to deal with. What application are you working on, actually ? Because I think sometimes it depends on the actual modules you try to implement too so you need to be a little choosey for which method is more appropriate.

There's no need for hardcoding

1. Enter on the command line
2. Enter into a list box (GUI)
3. Enter into a side file

These are just a few alternatives.

Viggy