Thread: declaring a multidimensional array

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    declaring a multidimensional array

    Hi all,

    I would like your help

    I am trying to declare a multidimensional arrays in the following way:

    int PSF[57][57][65][65];

    The full code has others variables.

    I compile without problems, but when I run the program, appear a error:
    Segmentation fault

    I do not know what I am doing wrong ...


    Someone know how solve this problem..???

    Thanks

    Manuel

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    The likely problem is that 57 * 57 * 65 * 65 * sizeof(int) is too much space to allocate on the stack. You can use a std::vector instead to avoid this.
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    Hi laserlight,

    Thanks for your help


    Can you help me?

    I am new in C++, so I do not know how declare a std::vector with this size, can you indicate me how do it??

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    It might be along the lines of:
    Code:
    typedef std::vector<std::vector<int> > vector2d;
    typedef std::vector<vector2d> vector3d;
    typedef std::vector<vector3d> vector4d;
    
    vector4d PSF(57, vector3d(57, vector2d(65, std::vector<int>(65))));
    Of course, remember to #include <vector>.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
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    The really simple answer is to just make it static.

    static int PSF[57][57][65][65];
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