Struct inside a struct

[Pinzu]

globals 
   Astruct array a
endglobals

struct AStruct
   AStruct b
   integer i = 0
endstruct

   a[0].b = a[1]
   a[0].b = 5
   
   a[1] = 0 or 5???

Does b work like a pointer or are they two separate entities? I'm assuming a[1] in this case doesn't change.

 

[Chaosy]

I don't quite understand your question.
All variables are pointers afaik.

 

[edo494]

structs work in such a way that they compile into integers, so no, a[1] will still be equal to 0, you basically repoint the b from a[0], so yes in this regard they work like pointers.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Structs in vJASS are more like Java objects than C structs. All struct type variables are pointers to a struct instance.

a[0].b = a[1]

What this does is set the member b of the struct pointed at by index 0 of a to the struct pointed at by index 1 of a. This is bad behaviour because you never assign index 0 of a to a valid struct so you are modifying unallocated struct space.

The rest of the code makes even less sense. You forgot to modify i somewhere.