Re: How to pass a huge matrix to a function

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"BobR" <removeBadBobR@worldnet.att.net>

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comp.lang.c++

Date:

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:44:35 GMT

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Erik Wikstr??m wrote in message...

On 2007-09-19 15:06, Bernhard Reinhardt wrote:

g.vukoman@gmail.com wrote:

Ok it seems I??m on the right way. I already convert my array[][][][] to
a vector < vector < vector < vector <double> > > >

I??m partly working with the vector an partly with the normal array
because I don??t know how to address a unique element of the matrix in
vector form.

I can do
vector <double> a;
cout<<a[0];

but

vector <vector <double>> b;
cout<<b[0][0];

wont compile.

It is a defect in the language, you must put a space between the two >
or the compiler will interpret it as the >> operator, i.e.

vector<vector<double> > b;

Notice that your code above will have undefined behaviour since the
vectors are empty, so trying to access an non-existent element is a bad
idea.

OP: To watch that happen, try this (cut&paste):

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <stdexcept>
int main(){
    std::vector<std::vector<double> > vvd;
    try{
        std::cout<< vvd.at(0).at(0); // cout<<vvd[0][0];
        } // try
    catch( std::out_of_range const &Oor ){
        std::cout<<"caught "<<Oor.what()<<std::endl;
        }
    return 0;
    } // main()

You can init them:

std::vector<std::vector<double> > vvd( 2, 2 ); // a 2x2

std::vector<std::vector<double> > vvd24( 2,
          std::vector<double>(4, 3.14 ) ); // a 2x4 all inited to 3.14

Quad init gets ugly, unless you use typedef(s):

std::vector<std::vector<std::vector<
     std::vector<double> > > > QuadArray( 2,
          std::vector<std::vector<std::vector<double> > >( 3,
                    std::vector<std::vector<double> >( 4, 5 ) ) ); //
2x3x4x5
QuadArray.at( 1 ).at( 2 ).at( 3 ).at( 4 ) = 42.31;
// same: QuadArray[1][2][3][4] = 42.31;

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