From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: New and multidimensional array
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 12:08:12 -0800
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Aleksi Kallio wrote:

> What's the easiest way to reserve memory for multidimensional array
> with "new"?

Probably the most straightforward way is to allocate an array of
pointers, then then allocate space for each pointer.

For instance, if you want the array to be m x n, do something like this:

    char **pp;

    pp = new char *[m];

    for (int j = 0; j < m; j++)
        pp[j] = new char[n];

Now you can reference each element as pp[i][j] (0 <= i < m, 0 <= j < n).
When deleting, be sure to delete each subarray before deleting the main
array of pointers.

You can also just allocate a contiguous block of data and use operator
overloading and intermediate classes to allow usage of the pp[i][j]
notation.

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