From:	"Christopher Nelson" <paradox AT gye DOT satnet DOT net>
To:	<djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: What's the best way to make a 2d map
Date:	Tue, 4 May 1999 11:57:55 -0600
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>Hi, I need to set-up a map like :
>
>int sx=100,sy=100;
>char map[sx][sx];
>
>I know I can use :
>
>char (*map)[sx]=new[sx][sy];
>
>But i want to change this array size anytime in the game. So I must
>delete []map;
>then remake the array.


or, you could allocate the new map, copy whatever old information you want
into the new map, and then delete the old map.

>Do it be better to do this using malloc and realloc ?
>how can I set up a 2 and a 3 dimentional array using malloc ? and how I
>resize it with realloc ?

new just calls malloc.  the compiler takes all your "dimensions", multiplies
them together, and then multiplies them by the size of the variable which
you are creating.

e.g.

unsigned char *new_map = new unsigned char[x][y];

is the same as

unsigned char *new_map = new unsigned char[x*y];

or

unsigned char *new_map = (unsigned char *)malloc(x*y);

..

an access is always the same.

map[x][y] = map[x+(y*row_size)];

it's just that when you allocate it, the compiler knows what the row_size
is, so the mul is transparent to you.

    -={C}=-

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