Thread: Need a bit explanation!!

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    Need a bit explanation!!

    How does 2d matrix print to the output? i means if i got a[7][7]
    Will it on the first line of the output from left to right or from top to bottom??
    For example
    Code:
    int sum;
    for (i=1; i <= 7; ++i) {
      for (j=1; j <= 7; ++j) 
      ......
     }
    i think output should be :
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7

    It prints left to right first or bottom all the 1 first then 2...thanks

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    Well it depends on if you are doing
    Code:
    matrix[i][j]
    or
    Code:
    matrix[j][i]
    Basically, it is your choice on how you represend the 2D array. There is no rule that i's represent rows, and j's represent columns

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    > i means if i got a[7][7]
    Then the loop is
    for (i=0; i < 7; ++i)

    Not
    for (i=1; i <= 7; ++i)
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    arrays start with 0.
    an array of size 7 would have 7 elements.
    thus there would be 7 valid indices: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
    the highest valid index is array_size - 1

    thus: yes, for (i=0; i < 7; ++i) is correct -
    also correct would be for (i=0; i <= 6; ++i)
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    oo..ok..thanks for helping..

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