how to use dynamic arrays?

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3 comments, last by Gilzu 22 years, 5 months ago

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November 03, 2001 01:11 PM

lets say i wanna do a matrix: WORD Map[x][y] how can i allocate this dynamic array with still refering to it as a matrix? 10x, Gil

[email=gil@gilzu.com]Gil Zussman[/email]Check out Goose Chase, Coming this fall!http://www.gilzu.com

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November 03, 2001 01:21 PM

WORD **Map;Map = new (char *)[x];for(int j = 0; j < x; ++j)  Map[j] = new char[y];

You can now access any element Map[j][k] (j < x and k < y).

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November 03, 2001 02:21 PM

doesnt work
see, he doesnt accept the [] in
Map = new (char *)[x];

Gil

Edited by - GilZu on November 3, 2001 3:35:47 PM

[email=gil@gilzu.com]Gil Zussman[/email]Check out Goose Chase, Coming this fall!http://www.gilzu.com

November 03, 2001 03:14 PM

Drop the parentheses. I find that behavior very odd, though...

Map = new char *[x];

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November 03, 2001 03:24 PM

If this is C++ (and not C), use a vector instead.

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