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    Numbers into an array

    Could anyone please tell me how I can store any number of values into an array?

    thanks

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    An array, when created, has a fixed size.

    Try using a linked list, or a vector by #include-ing <vector>.

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    Yes, but for this assignment the user must be able to enter any number of values into an array, and we haven't covered linked lists or vectors yet.

    Would my teacher really mean to store 128 elements in the array?

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    int myarray[128];
    myarray[0] = 1;

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    Or post the exact problem requirements. For better or worse, programming involves a precise understanding of the problem. For example, the problem may be to allow the user to enter as many integer numbers as they want up to a total of 128 integers or it may be to allow the user to enter as many integer numbers as they want without an upper limit. You can write code to handle either problem, but the code you use will be heavily dependent on which problem it is.

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    if you want to store an unknown number of values in an array you could dynamically allocate the array.

    Code:
     
    cout << "How big will your array be?\n";
    int x;
    cin >> x;
    
    int * array = new int[x];
    
    //...
    
    delete [] array;
    or just make an array big enough to hold a whole lot of values, so that the user will be unlikely to fill it all the way up.
    I came up with a cool phrase to put down here, but i forgot it...

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    ^ some compilers complain becaue it's not a constant...
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    of course its not a constant... thats the whole point behind dynamic memory...

    any compiler that complains about dynamically allocated arrays is not a compiler worth using
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    bloodshed dev c++ V 4.8.9.0 complains... and it's worth using...
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    thats curious... because im looking at a fully compiled program written in Dev C++ that involves nothing but a single dynamic array...

    is it possible that youve never used dynamic memory before and you simply dont know that it works and uses standard C++ keywords that work on any compiler?
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    maybe it's just letting you know that you can't use 'x' and be certain it still contains the size of the array you allocated?

    Your warning level might be at the highest setting? Seems like a weird warning to give, like ... said.
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    nvm... I just tried it... I must be getting it confused with something else that I needed a const for... I cant' remember what it was now though...
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    Probably you tried this:
    int array[x];

    That is what will choke your compiler, most likely
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