Thread: Essentially an "array of pointers" problem

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    Essentially an "array of pointers" problem

    This is definitely my problem area of C. Can anyone point me to a decent tutorial/faq on this? I can't seem to find one on this site but I may well be wrong!

    My problem is essentially this:
    I need to make an array of arrays (m of them) of different sizes - altho helpfully each array is one int less than the previous.

    I get m from the user then use:
    Code:
      int *tray[m];
      for(i=0; i<N; i++)
        *tray[i]=(int*)calloc((N-i),sizeof(int));
    to make each array of a given size. I know this is a big mess ("parse error before int") but I can't find any help on getting around it.

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    >> *tray[i]=(int*)calloc((N-i),sizeof(int));

    No need to dereference the array element there, just do:

    tray[i]=(int*)calloc((N-i),sizeof(int));
    Code:
    #include <cmath>
    #include <complex>
    bool euler_flip(bool value)
    {
        return std::pow
        (
            std::complex<float>(std::exp(1.0)), 
            std::complex<float>(0, 1) 
            * std::complex<float>(std::atan(1.0)
            *(1 << (value + 2)))
        ).real() < 0;
    }

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    Thanks. I have implemented this but the compiler seems to be having more fun with the declaration of trays generally.

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    And the moral of the tale is...

    ... always use google!

    http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/cclass/int/sx9b.html (in case anyone else is interested!)

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    When all else fails, read the instructions.
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