Thread: array question

Originally Posted by skiabox

I have seen a two dimensional array[x][y] to be used in the code like this : array[i]
When it is used like this we mean that we only refer to the row and that the column is zero?
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Originally Posted by skiabox

I suppose that we can omit x or y if one of the two is zero.

If that were true, then this should have the exact same output:

Code:

for (i = 0; i < 9; i++)
    if (planets[i][0] == 'M')
       printf("%s begins with M\n", planets[i][0]);

Likewise, this should mean the exact same thing:

Code:

for (i = 0; i < 9; i++)
    if (planets[i] == 'M')
       printf("%s begins with M\n", planets[i][0]);

But neither is the case. You can run the former for yourself and verify that the output may be different, and then your compiler should complain about the latter, especially if you turn on warnings.