From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP Structs
Date: 10 Mar 1997 05:22:54 GMT
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To store a rectangular two d array dynamically, you don't have to make an
array of MAX_Y pointers and calloc a MAX_X*sizeof(struct) for each. Just
do this:


MY_TYPE (*my_pointer)[MAX_Y];
my_pointer=calloc (MAX_X*MAX_Y*sizeof(MY_TYPE));

dereference and access an element of the 2D array with:

my_pointer[x][y]


(For 3D:  MY_TYPE (*my_pointer)[MAX_Y][MAX_Z];
 my_pointer=calloc(MAX_X*MAX_Y*MAX_Z*sizeof(MY_TYPE));
 dereference: my_pointer[x][y][z])

In these cases, x going out of bounds will cause segmentation violation. y
and z going out of bounds will address the wrong x or y
coordinate respectively  (or crash if it goes way way out of bounds).


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