Thread: Homework help?

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    Homework help?

    So the beginning numbers are laid out like this:
    8 0 3 6 3
    1 3 1 0 7
    2 7 9 4 5
    Then I have to print it out to look like:
    3 6 3 0 8
    7 0 1 3 1
    5 4 9 7 2.
    This is what I have so far, and i know its not right because i keep getting an error that the program has quit working.
    Code:
    void
    copyB(const int *fromPtr, int rows, int columns, int to[][10])
    {
        int r;
        int c;
    
        for (r =  columns -1; r < rows; r--) {
            for (c = 0; c < columns; c++)
                to[r][c] = *fromPtr++;
        }
    }
    This is not my major I technically dont even need this class anymore since i switched majors but i dont want to drop it now, so any tips are appreciated. I have to run it against my professors test driver, but i just can get this one to work right.
    Thanks for any help!

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    You don't need to copy it.
    Just swap the n'th element of each row with the (columns -n)'th element.(...iterating n over 0 to columns )

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    Well with the example you showed the function should not do anything. If columns is 5 and rows is 3, then r would = 4. When you enter the for loop, r is not less than rows.

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    easy! This code works....
    Code:
    #include<iostream.h>
    
    
    void main()
    { int c[3][5];
    for(int i=0;i<3;i++)
    for(int j=0;j<5;j++)
    cin>>c[i][j];
    
    
    for(i=0;i<3;i++)
    {for(int j=4;j>=0;j--)
    cout<<c[i][j];
    cout<<endl;}
    }

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    @ Amin sma
    Note that we're here to help people figure out the answer for themselves.
    Not show off by dumping the complete answer at the first opportunity.
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    Which, mind you, doesn't even compile on standard-compliant compilers!
    Last edited by GReaper; 03-29-2012 at 11:31 AM.
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    That solution is wrong in at least three different ways. For starters it should not use a two-dimensional array when a plain 1D array is sufficient.
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    ok

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    Quote Originally Posted by iMalc View Post
    That solution is wrong in at least three different ways. For starters it should not use a two-dimensional array when a plain 1D array is sufficient.
    True, but his array is to[c][r]. You know how it is teachers are always allowed do things like that. ;-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by überfuzz View Post
    True, but his array is to[c][r]. You know how it is teachers are always allowed do things like that. ;-)
    I'm assuming that the decision of the function prototype is his own, and so could be whatever. Afterall, it's doing such a trivial task (reversing an array) that I would not even create a function for it.
    Just read in each line and then print it out backwards. Amin got that part right, albeit with missing formatting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by iMalc View Post
    Afterall, it's doing such a trivial task (reversing an array) that I would not even create a function for it.
    It could pass as an exercise in the array part in some course. Ah well...

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