/* yar - dynamic arrays in C - public domain Nicholas Rixson 2025 * * https://github.com/segcore/yar * * Licence: see end of file Sample usage: #define YAR_IMPLEMENTATION #include "yar.h" int main() { // struct { double *items; size_t count; size_t capacity; } numbers = {0}; yar(double) numbers = {0}; *yar_append(&numbers) = 3.14159; *yar_append(&numbers) = 2.71828; *yar_append(&numbers) = 1.61803; for(size_t i = 0; i < numbers.count; i++) { printf("%f\n", numbers.items[i]); } yar_free(&numbers); } */ #ifndef YAR_H #define YAR_H #include // size_t #include // strlen /* * yar(type) - Declare a new basic dynamic array * * yar_append(array) - Add a new item at the end of the array, and return a pointer to it * * yar_reserve(array, extra) - Reserve space for `extra` count of items * * yar_append_many(array, data, num) - Append a copy of existing data * * yar_append_cstr(array, data) - Append a C string (nul-terminated char array) * * yar_insert(array, index, num) - Insert items somewhere within the array. Moves items to higher indexes as required. Returns &array[index] * * yar_remove(array, index, num) - Remove items from somewhere within the array. Moves items to lower indexes as required. * * yar_reset(array) - Reset the count of elements to 0, to re-use the memory. Does not free the memory. * * yar_init(array) - Set items, count, and capacity to 0. Can usually be avoided with = {0}; * * yar_free(array) - Free items memory, and set the items, count, and capacity to 0. */ #define yar(type) struct { type *items; size_t count; size_t capacity; } #define yar_append(array) ((_yar_append((void**)&(array)->items, &(array)->count, &(array)->capacity, sizeof((array)->items[0])) ? \ &(array)->items[(array)->count - 1] : NULL)) #define yar_reserve(array, extra) ((_yar_reserve((void**)&(array)->items, &(array)->count, &(array)->capacity, sizeof((array)->items[0]), (extra)) ? \ &(array)->items[(array)->count] : NULL)) #define yar_append_many(array, data, num) ((_yar_append_many((void**)&(array)->items, &(array)->count, &(array)->capacity, sizeof((array)->items[0]), 1 ? (data) : ((array)->items), (num)) )) #define yar_append_cstr(array, data) yar_append_many(array, data, strlen(data)) #define yar_insert(array, index, num) ((_yar_insert((void**)&(array)->items, &(array)->count, &(array)->capacity, sizeof((array)->items[0]), index, num) )) #define yar_remove(array, index, num) ((_yar_remove((void**)&(array)->items, &(array)->count, sizeof((array)->items[0]), index, num) )) #define yar_reset(array) (((array)->count = 0)) #define yar_init(array) ((array)->items = NULL, (array)->count = 0, (array)->capacity = 0) #define yar_free(array) ((_yar_free((array)->items)), (array)->items = NULL, (array)->count = 0, (array)->capacity = 0) #ifndef YARAPI #define YARAPI // nothing; overridable if needed. #endif #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif // Implementation functions YARAPI void* _yar_append(void** items_pointer, size_t* count, size_t* capacity, size_t item_size); YARAPI void* _yar_append_many(void** items_pointer, size_t* count, size_t* capacity, size_t item_size, void* data, size_t extra); YARAPI void* _yar_reserve(void** items_pointer, size_t* count, size_t* capacity, size_t item_size, size_t extra); YARAPI void* _yar_insert(void** items_pointer, size_t* count, size_t* capacity, size_t item_size, size_t index, size_t extra); YARAPI void* _yar_remove(void** items_pointer, size_t* count, size_t item_size, size_t index, size_t remove); YARAPI void* _yar_realloc(void* p, size_t new_size); YARAPI void _yar_free(void* p); #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif // YAR_H #if defined(YAR_IMPLEMENTATION) #ifndef YAR_MIN_CAP #define YAR_MIN_CAP 16 #endif #ifndef YAR_REALLOC #define YAR_REALLOC realloc #endif #ifndef YAR_FREE #define YAR_FREE free #endif #include // mem* functions YARAPI void* _yar_append(void** items_pointer, size_t* count, size_t* capacity, size_t item_size) { void* result = _yar_reserve(items_pointer, count, capacity, item_size, 1); if (result != NULL) *count += 1; return result; } YARAPI void* _yar_append_many(void** items_pointer, size_t* count, size_t* capacity, size_t item_size, void* data, size_t extra) { void* result = _yar_reserve(items_pointer, count, capacity, item_size, extra); if (result != NULL) { memcpy(result, data, item_size * extra); *count += extra; } return result; } YARAPI void* _yar_reserve(void** items_pointer, size_t* count, size_t* capacity, size_t item_size, size_t extra) { char* items = *items_pointer; size_t newcount = *count + extra; if (newcount > *capacity) { size_t newcap = (*capacity < YAR_MIN_CAP) ? YAR_MIN_CAP : *capacity * 8 / 5; if (newcap < newcount) newcap = newcount; void* next = _yar_realloc(items, newcap * item_size); if (next == NULL) return NULL; items = next; *items_pointer = next; *capacity = newcap; } void* result = items + (*count * item_size); if (extra && result) memset(result, 0, item_size * extra); return result; } YARAPI void* _yar_insert(void** items_pointer, size_t* count, size_t* capacity, size_t item_size, size_t index, size_t extra) { void* next = _yar_reserve(items_pointer, count, capacity, item_size, extra); if(next == NULL) return NULL; char* items = *items_pointer; if (index < *count) { memmove(&items[item_size * (index + extra)], &items[item_size * index], (*count - index) * item_size); memset(&items[item_size * index], 0, extra * item_size); } *count += extra; return items + index * item_size; } YARAPI void* _yar_remove(void** items_pointer, size_t* count, size_t item_size, size_t index, size_t remove) { if(remove >= *count) { *count = 0; return *items_pointer; } if (index >= *count) { return *items_pointer; } char* items = *items_pointer; memmove(&items[item_size * index], &items[item_size * (index + remove)], item_size * (*count - (index + remove))); *count -= remove; return items + item_size * index; } YARAPI void* _yar_realloc(void* p, size_t new_size) { // Declaration, so we can call it if the definition is overridden extern void* YAR_REALLOC(void *ptr, size_t size); return YAR_REALLOC(p, new_size); } YARAPI void _yar_free(void* p) { extern void YAR_FREE(void *ptr); YAR_FREE(p); } #endif // YAR_IMPLEMENTATION /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This software is available under 2 licenses -- choose whichever you prefer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ALTERNATIVE A - MIT License Copyright (c) 2025 Nicholas Rixson Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 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