Overloaded [] with matrix class problem

I am trying to create a matrix class but am having a small problem. Everything works just fine except that I want to be able to do something like this:

Code:

matrix myMatrix(3,3);
myMatrix[0][0]=0;

This gives me a non-l value error and I'm not sure how to get around this. Here are my classes:

Code:

class array
{
public:
	array(int);
	int operator [] (int index) const {return vec[index];}

private:
	vector<int> vec;
};

array::array(int num)
{
	for (int x=0; x<num; x++)
		vec.push_back(0);
}

class matrix
{
public:
	matrix(int, int);
	array operator [] (int index) const {return vec[index];}

private:
	vector<array> vec;
};

matrix::matrix(int xVal, int yVal)
{
	array myArray(yVal);
	for (int x=0; x<xVal; x++)
		vec.push_back(myArray);
}

read this. and this and then consider a slight redesign.

Thanks, that helped! I guess its time for a redesign, shouldn't be too hard. Too bad I can't use the []'s like that though, much more intuitive for me at least.

Originally posted by PJYelton
Thanks, that helped! I guess its time for a redesign, shouldn't be too hard. Too bad I can't use the []'s like that though, much more intuitive for me at least.

It can be done, excect that as SC hinted, it isnt as efficient

A variation on what you did is done via Proxy Classes.....it's presented by Scott Meyers in one of his books......I did an example here - http://www.cprogramming.com/cboard/s...ighlight=Proxy

Ok, I looked at what you wrote Fordy and I changed my overloaded []'s to return addresses and took away the const's and it worked just fine. I'll probably still redo it to make it more efficient, but its nice to see things done in different ways!