Vinod Joseph wrote: > $$$$ I have a column for password and obviously as name suggests..it > cannot be displayed..I have solved this problem by having a duplicate > entry private_password that does not have a column in the GtkList and > i compare with this private_pwd entry...
If I understand you correctly, you have two tasks to accomplish: 1. displaying a GtkList with user information, like name and possibly other attributes (columns), 2. check whether the password input from a GtkEntry matches any of the passwords of any users. Correct, so far? You probably should segregate list display and password storage, indeed. Use the GtkList only to display columns with sensible, visible data. Passwords are probably better kept and managed in a separate construct of tools like memory chunks, linked lists, arrays or hashes, as provided by GLib. By using GHashtables you wouldn't even need to carry out the comparisons yourself. Care would be required, however, if the password (and not the user name) were to be used as key. See section GLib data types in its reference manual for further descriptions. > Anyways, thank you for the suggestions. I have obtained the correct > output .. using goto statement.. just needed to avoid using goto ..... The "goto" statement is not as evil as some C/C++ purists (and tutorials) suggest. If used correctly, in certain situations it can improve both readability of the source and performance of the executable. Just don't use "goto" instead of "while" or "for" loops :-) However, basically there is always a way to emulate a "goto" statement by one or more "break" statements. So if your loop works using "goto" but not using "break" it may contain at least one other logical bug. Possibly you were trying to break out of an outer loop from within an inner loop? This can't be achieved by a single break. You either need a probably more complex construct of at least two "break" statements or one "goto" indeed. The question is just whether you're certain to know what loop levels you are in? _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
