Thread: 2D array, help needed

Originally Posted by banny

The problem is that the last line, M[5][5]=1 changes the all the elements in the 6th column to 1. I want only the 6th element in the 6th column to be 1. Can somebody tell me how to correct this mistake ?

Thanks,
banny

No it doesn't. Why do you think it does?

Welcome to the forum, banny.

You need to do something:

Highlight your code and click on the symbol for code tags. On this forum, it's the "#" sign icon, second from the right.

That allows your code to be indented, so it looks like code.

and then go ahead and properly indent your code (probably with spaces since the board editor uses the tab key for "jumping out" of the editor.

You can and should edit you first post, and put code tags around it. Just to avoid getting off on the wrong foot on the forum.

Originally Posted by banny

Hi,

I am writing a code where I need a 11 cross 11 matrix (M) with all the elements zero, except
M[5][5] = 1. I wrote the following code

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
main()
{
   int i,j;
   int M[10][10];

   for(i=0;i<=10;i++)
     {
       for(j=0;j<=10;j++)
         {
             M[i][j]=0;
         }
      }

M[5][5] = 1;
}

The problem is that the last line, M[5][5]=1 changes the all the elements in the 6th column to 1. I want only the 6th element in the 6th column to be 1. Can somebody tell me how to correct this mistake ?

Thanks,
banny

If you need a matrix 11 X 11, then make it 11 X 11, not 10 X 10. Your elements will then number from M[0][0] to M[10][10], so 11 rows, and 11 columns.

Code:

int M[11][11] = { { 0 } }; sets all array to 0

M[5][5] = 1;  //assigns one to the 6th row, the sixth column, of M[][]

Your code looks much better wrapped in code tags and indented. Thanks, banny.

Thanks for you help. My code works fine now.