Re: Converting an array to a multidimensional one
On Nov 19, 2:14 am, Slain <Slai...@gmail.com> wrote:
I need to convert a an array to a multidimensional one. Since I need
to wrok with existing code, I need to modify a declaration which looks
like this
In the .h file
int *x;
No need to modify the declaration. Multidimensional arrays in C++ are
stored as one-dimensional arrays anyway.
What you need to modify is how you calculate one-dimensional index.
in a initialize function:
x = new int[$Row_Length];
$Row_Length - is that a shell or Perl variable in here? ;)
Now I need the x to be able to point to a multidimensional array
I would ahve been fine, with something like
int (*x)[Column_Length] = new int [Row_Length][Column_Length];
But since my variable x needs to be declated in the header file, I am
having some problems compiling. Can some one explain me how to declare
and initialize?
You allocate your two-dimensional array like this:
int* x = new int[Row_Length * Column_Length];
And index into it like this:
int row, col; // initialised elsewhere
// access an element at x[row][col]
int& elem = x[row * Column_Length + col];
--
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