Thread: Parallel arrays

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    Parallel arrays

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    hi everyone,
    need some help using parallel arrays
    if the user inputs
    
    1  4  5 
    4  3  3
    1  3  5  
    
    how can i set up 3 parallel arrays to record these values?

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    Exactly which part of the question do you want help with??

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    Here's an example of something similiar:
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    
    int *getrow(int length) {
    	int i, ii, ch, *row=malloc(length*sizeof(int));
    	char buffer[16];
    	
    	printf("Enter %d numbers seperated by commas\n"
    		"(max 4 digits): ", length);
    	for (i=0; i<length; i++) {
    		ii=0;
    		while ((ch=fgetc(stdin))!=',') {
    			if (ch=='\n') break;
    			buffer[ii]=ch; 	
    			ii++;
    		}
    		buffer[ii]='\0';
    		row[i]=atoi(buffer);
    	}
    	return row;
    }	
    
    
    void showmatrix (int *matrix[], int rows, int cols) {
    	int i, ii;
    	for (i=0; i<rows; i++) {
    		for (ii=0; ii<cols; ii++) printf("%5d", matrix[i][ii]);
    		printf("\n");
    	}
    }
    
    
    		
    
    int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    	int rows, cols, i, **matrix;
    	if (argc<3) {
    		printf("Usage \"%s [NO OF ROWS][NO OF COLS]\", eg %s 3 3\n",argv[0],argv[0]);
    		return 0;
    	}
    	
    	rows=atoi(argv[1]); cols=atoi(argv[2]);
    	matrix=malloc(rows*sizeof(int*));
    	for (i=0; i<rows; i++) matrix[i]=getrow(cols);
    	
    	showmatrix(matrix,rows,cols);
    	for (i=0; i<rows; i++) free(matrix[i]);
    	free(matrix);
    	return 0;
    }
    C programming resources:
    GNU C Function and Macro Index -- glibc reference manual
    The C Book -- nice online learner guide
    Current ISO draft standard
    CCAN -- new CPAN like open source library repository
    3 (different) GNU debugger tutorials: #1 -- #2 -- #3
    cpwiki -- our wiki on sourceforge

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