Thread: Dynamic Array Size?

Is it possible to have a dynamic array size?

For example:

Code:

...
int size;
cout<<"size: ";
cin>>size;
cin.ignore();
int array[size];
...

It wont compile but i was wondering if it's possible to achieve that some way.


Thanks!

A std::vector?

Oh... ha.

Never used a vector before.

I'll have to look into that i suppose


Thanks!

If you want to have the user input a value that will serve to initialize the array only once, you can dynamically allocate memory using the new operator. If you want to change the array's size you want an std::vector or an std::list.

Code:

int* array = new array[size]

// ...

// not to forget !
delete[] array;
array = 0;