Re: conversion double* to vector<double> and vice versa
"J.M." <jm_jm@gmx.de> wrote in message
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I am trying to use a software package in my program, the problem being
different methods are used to store vectors. I have "my" vectors stored as
vector<double> from the STL and need to pass a double* and the dimension
of
the vector to the software package. On return, I get a double* plus
dimension, but need vector<double>. Is there anyway that this can be
achieved *without* copying the data, as this is a very expensive option?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Jan
Going into the functions, yes. Vectors are guaranteed to store their data
contiguously and so can be used where arrays are expected. That is, you can
pass &MyVector[0] and MyVector.size(). &MyVector.front() is also used
sometimes.
Coming out of the functions, I don't see how. You are given a pointer to an
array of doubles. The only way to get this into a vector, as far as I know,
is to copy the data. There may be some constructor for vector that takes a
pointer to data and a length, I just don't know (but tend to doubt it?).
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