Thread: expected for function style cast or type constructor

Hi. I am tackling the following problem: write the function that builds the multiplication table of arbitrary dimensions. I thought I built the function correctly, but when I call it in main, the variables I declare x and y give me the exceptions "expected for function style cast or type constructor". Is there something I am forgetting? It's really bugging me.

Code:

#include <iostream>


using namespace std;


void create_table(int num_row, int num_col) {
    int **table; //initialize pointer to pointer of int
    table = new int*[num_row]; //create new space for array of int depending on user input
    
    for (int r=0; r<num_row; r++) {
        table[r] = new int[num_col]; //assign pointer to rows of table
    }
   
    for ( int r = 0; r < num_row; r++) {
        for ( int c = 0; c < num_col; c++) {
            **table = r*c;
            cout << **table << "/t";
            
        }
    }
    
    for (int row = 0; row < num_row; row++) {
        delete [] table[row];
        }
    delete [] table;
}








int main[] {
    int y;
    int x;
    cout << "Please enter number of rows: ";
    cin >> y;
    cout << "Please enter number of columns: ";
    cin >> x;
    create_table(y, x);
    return 0;
   
};

Code:

    for ( int r = 0; r < num_row; r++) {
        for ( int c = 0; c < num_col; c++) {
            **table = r*c;
            cout << **table << "/t";
             
        }
    }

No reason to set up a matrix of integers if you are just going to print it inside of that loop. You aren't using any element besides table[0][0] right now. Print (r * c). It's the exact same.

Code:

int main[] {

int main()
Function blocks do not need a trailing semi-colon.

Originally Posted by grumpy

This loop is writing a value to **table (i.e. table[0][0]) repeatedly.

The compiler error will be because arguments of an function are supplied in normal brackets, not square brackets.

I was looking at this thing for like 15 minutes yesterday looking for where a cast was taking place, and never realized the main function had square brackets.... @.@ -facepalm-

You must have the eyes of an eagle or something.