Thread: How to work with 2d arrays and an image file?

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    How to work with 2d arrays and an image file?

    This is the first time I'm working with 2d arrays and I have to read the pixels in the input file, then store the pixel from the input image file into the array. And there is a maximum width and height of 500. If the file's too big, then I have to print an error message. Also, my array should only be filled up to the dimensions of the input image file.

    I have the code for everything up to that point but I'm not too sure how to approach this. I've defined max_width and height at the top of my file as 500 and I'm thinking of putting this part of the program into a new helper function. But I'm not completely sure how to start, I do know that the array would look something like this though:
    int array[max_height][max_width].

    I've searched for other similar questions, but I think what confuses me is: 1) the syntax of printing the error message/storing the values and 2) the values for my pixels in the input file are all in a single column; each value after the ppm format header is on a new line.

    I'd post my code up, but everything that I have up to this point doesn't really relate to this part of the assignment But I will post a snippet of what the input file looks like:

    Code:
    P3
    493 401
    255
    71
    0
    0
    76
    4
    5
    87
    11
    NOTE: First three lines are the header information for the ppm format; the numbers that follow go like this: red, green, blue, red, green, blue, etc.

    Thanks for taking the time to help! I really appreciate it.

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