Re: get 1D row of 2D vector array

From:
Salt_Peter <pj_hern@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
10 May 2007 02:08:20 -0700
Message-ID:
<1178788100.880011.111890@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>
On May 10, 3:42 am, Matthias Pospiech <matthia...@gmx.de> wrote:

I have an 2D vector array, but a function that can calculate only with
1D arrays. Now I need to pass every row of the 2D array to that function.

So how can I pass a part (row or column) of a 2D vector array to a
function as a pointer - the result shall be in the 2D array automatically.

With C-Arrays A[N][N] I know the solution by passing

function(A + x*N);

Matthias


Pass the whole array by reference:

#include <iostream>

template< typename T,
          const size_t Row,
          const size_t Col >
void function(T (& array)[Row][Col])
{
  for(size_t r = 0; r < Row; ++r)
  {
    for(size_t c = 0; c < Col; ++c)
    {
      std::cout << array[r][c];
      std::cout << ", ";
    }
    std::cout << std::endl;
  }
}

int main()
{
  int A[2][2] = {{1,2},{3,4}};
  function( A );
}

/*
1, 2,
3, 4,
*/

A much simpler solution is use a vector of vectors since you can
initialize values on construction.

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm> // for std::copy
#include <iterator> // for ostream_iterator

// global op<< overload
template< typename T >
std::ostream&
operator<<( std::ostream& os,
                  std::vector< std::vector< T > >& r_vvt)
{
  typedef typename std::vector< std::vector< T > >::iterator VIter;
  for(VIter viter = r_vvt.begin(); viter != r_vvt.end(); ++viter)
  {
    std::copy( (*viter).begin(),
               (*viter).end(),
               std::ostream_iterator< T >(os, ", ") );
    os << std::endl;
  }
  return os;
}

int main()
{
  std::vector< std::vector< int > > vvn(10, std::vector< int >(10,
99));
  std::cout << vvn << std::endl;
}

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