Help me with pointer to pointers

[wazzup]

I'm working on dynamic arrays. I found source code in C. Please help me convert this line of code from C to C++. Thanks so much for the help.

row and col are variables

arr=(int**)malloc(sizeof(int)*row*col);

[lqdeffx]

well if you are truly interested in learning on how to create dynamic arrays in C++, I would suggest researching STL containers . Creating dynamic arrays, such as vectors, lists, deques...etc is much safer and is usually efficient enough for most general purposes. Plus comes with lots of little functions like sort or insert.

[Ganon11]

Since the OP is working on dynamic arrays alone, the STL stuff is probably in the future for his/her coursework (I'm assuming you're taking a class).

C++ uses the new operator, so the malloc call you have should be

int** arr = new int[rows][cols];

in C++.

[wazzup]

Yeap, I'm taking CS 161, really basic stuff, this is my extra credit project. That's y my instructor wanted us to write functions, should not use vector at this time. Anyways, thanks much for the help!

[wazzup]

When I tried put that code in the function, it gave me some errors such as:
==> declaration of 'int**arr' shadows a parameter
==> `col' cannot appear in a constant-expression

How can I fix this errors?

/* to initialize matrix */
int** init(int** arr,int row,int col)
{
               int i=0,
                   j=0;

	//arr=(int**)malloc(sizeof(int)*row*col);
	int** arr = new int[row][col];

	for(i=0;i<row;i++)
	{
		for(j=0;j<col;j++)
		{
			*((arr+i)+j)=(int*)malloc(sizeof(int));
            *(*(arr+i)+j)=0; 
		}
	}
	return arr;
}

[horace1]

try replacing

	int** arr = new int[row][col];

with

	 arr = new int*[row];
	 for(int i=0;i<row;i++)
	   arr[i]=new int[col];

[wazzup]

The compiler of BloodShed did not warning for errors but program terminate when accessing the function with that replacing. Any ideas? Many thanks for the help so far.

[marvinp]

I suggest if u want to create dynamic 2D array


int rows = 4;
int cols = 3;

int **pp = new int*[rows];

for ( int i =0 ; i < rows ;i ++ )
{
pp[i] = new int[cols];
}

This will create a dynamic 2D array of rows 4 and cols 3.

can access the array element using pp[i][j].