Thread: convert 2D array into 1D array

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    Unhappy convert 2D array into 1D array

    plz send me the source code for converting an array in 2Dimension into a 1Dimensional array..i need it for further application in generalising it for N dimensions..
    plz help..

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    We don't do other people's work for them. We'll be happy to help you devise a solution though, if you can provide more information and describe what you've already tried.
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    a thought for you.... a multi dim array is pretty sequential in memory. You could spend a minute thinking about how they might do that. Then implement it in code.
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    >a thought for you.... a multi dim array is pretty sequential in memory.
    Pretty sequential, but not necessarily exactly sequential. A multidimensional array is an array of arrays, and each array is independent. So any extra "stuff", transparent to the programmer, that an array has will exist in each subarray of a multidimensional array. This means that treating a multidimensional array as a one dimensional array is inherently non-portable. Be wary of that solution.
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    yeah, I hadn't thought that he might go that direction (casting it or something). Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of doing the math to get the right index in a single dim. Good catch P.
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