Re: cannot convert from 'long (*)[3]' to 'long *

From:
"Heinz Ozwirk" <hozwirk.SPAM@arcor.de>
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microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Mon, 8 May 2006 00:00:25 +0200
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"Allen Maki" <allen_class@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag =
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Hi everybody,
 
I would apprecite it if you could help.
 
//Why I got the following error message? for the 4th line:
 
// error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from
 
//'long (*)[3]' to 'long *' Types pointed
 
//to are unrelated; conversion requires
 
// reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or
 
//function-style cast


Alas, the error message does not suggest to use the proper type.

#include <iostream>
 
using namespace std;
 
 
int main()
 
{
 
const int max = 4; //(1)
 
const int max2 = 3; //(2)
 
long *pprime; //(3)
 
pprime = new long[max][max2]; //(4)


If you just want an array of max*max2 elements, as the type of pprime =
suggests, use 'new long[max*max2]'. If you want a array of arrays, =
sometimes incorrectly called a 2d array, as the new expression suggests, =
also use a variable of that type:

    long (*pprime)[max2];

Heinz

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