From: jkolen AT typhoon DOT coginst DOT uwf DOT edu (John F. Kolen) Subject: Re: 25 Nov 1998 00:18:33 -0800 Message-ID: <9811241059.ZM4189.cygnus.gnu-win32@typhoon.coginst.uwf.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com /* I tried replying directly, but the mail bounced */ > vector > mymatrix(n); > for (int i = 0;i < n;i++) > for (int j = 0;j < n;j++) > mymatrix[i][j] = 0; What you have there should not work. Take a look at the default constructor and operator[] for vector. vector() : start(0), finish(0), end_of_storage(0) {} reference operator[](size_type n) { return *(begin() + n); } iterator begin() { return start; } Your instantiation of of mymatrix will create n 0-element vectors with start ptrs set to null. This is why the deref is failing. Here's a fix. for (int i = 0;i < n;i++){ mymatrix[i].resize(n); for (int j = 0;j < n;j++) mymatrix[i][j] = 0; } -- John F. Kolen voice: (850)474-3075 Assistant Professor fax: (850)474-3023 Dept. of Computer Science University of West Florida Pensacola, FL 32514 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".