3 Dimensional Array
Can somebody give a good and simple example of a 3D Array displaying the provided values neatly on the console/screen so that one can easily understand how it is working?
Example 1:
Example 2:Code:int array[2][2][2];
Code:int array[2][4][6];
Thanks in advance!
Pretty tough to show a good 3D array, with values, on a flat 2D computer screen, don't you think?
What's your problem with the 3D array?
You have rows, columns, and depth. Like a stack of graph papers on a table. They have rows, and columns, but they are a stack of papers, so they have depth, also.
Just show a series of tables.
A 2D bitmap + colour would be one way.
Depends on what the 3rd dimension is measuring. Temperature is an obvious natural choice for displaying in colour. Though any linear measurement could be done the same way.
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Well, I will come up with an example soon.
3-dimensional array. What it does should be obvious, but how it does it might not be.Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> int main(int argc, char **argv) { char array[9][10][20] = { {" ### "," "," ### "," ### "," "," ### "," ### "," ### "," ### "," ### "}, {"# #"," #"," #"," #","# #","# ","# "," #","# #","# #"}, {"# #"," #"," #"," #","# #","# ","# "," #","# #","# #"}, {"# #"," #"," #"," #","# #","# ","# "," #","# #","# #"}, {" "," "," ### "," ### "," ### "," ### "," ### "," "," ### "," ### "}, {"# #"," #","# "," #"," #"," #","# #"," #","# #"," #"}, {"# #"," #","# "," #"," #"," #","# #"," #","# #"," #"}, {"# #"," #","# "," #"," #"," #","# #"," #","# #"," #"}, {" ### "," "," ### "," ### "," "," ### "," ### "," "," ### "," ### "}, }, *nr = argv[1]; unsigned int i = 0, h = 0, idx = 0; if(argc > 2) { char dispChar = argv[2][0]; for( i = 0; i < 9; i++) { for(h = 0; h < 20; h++) { for(idx = 0; idx < strlen(array[i][h]); idx++) { if(array[i][h][idx] != ' ') array[i][h][idx] = dispChar; } } } } for( i = 0; i < 9; i++) { for(h = 0; h < strlen(nr); h++) if(nr[h] != ' ') printf(" %s ", array[i][nr[h] - 0x30]); putchar('\n'); } return 0; }
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@Ice Dane - all I see are flat 2D digits. How do you get it to show depth?
If you say it's 3D, you have to show that third dimension, somehow. This is a clever 2D program, but hasn't shown any third dimension, yet.
If you'd like to show time, or any other dimension with this program except depth, please be my guest.
Last edited by Adak; 12-16-2008 at 08:41 PM.
As Salem already said, the 3rd dimension doesn't have to be z it can be anything you like, as can the first and second dimensions. No-one said we were talking about space :-)
Digital Display of Numbers Provided as Command Prompt Arguments
IceDane, your program is amazing!
For the rest of the users here, I would like to make this note:
Save this program (for example 3d.c) and after compiling go to command prompt and change drive/directory where the file is saved. Type 3d <any digits without any space in between> and press the enter/return key to see the result.
The numbers we give as a command prompt argument are represented in a digital format as we see in a digital clock.
Thanks buddy!
Originally Posted by IceDane
Yeah, yeah! Got it. It's clever.
It's not 3D, and doesn't give the illusion of being 3D.
It is clever, though.
ingenious indeed but a dimension short of three and as Salem and others have said before a dimension can be anything.
a crude example maybe "the number of medals (tally) won by the top country (name) in the recent Olympics (year)..."
