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Hi all,

I have an array that I don't know the size requirement until run-time.
The way I handle this is:

int* piMyData;

piMyData = (int*)LocalAlloc(LPTR, sizeof(int)*iDataCount); //MS-specific


I also have a 2D char array that I don't know the size requirement until
run-time. Is there a similar method for handling this?
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Best wishes,
Allen

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On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 23:31:58 GMT, "Allen" <allen-terri-> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
> I have an array that I don't know the size requirement until run-time.
>The way I handle this is:
>
>int* piMyData;
>
>piMyData = (int*)LocalAlloc(LPTR, sizeof(int)*iDataCount); //MS-specific


std::vector<int> v( dataCount );

v[someIndex] = someValue;


>I also have a 2D char array that I don't know the size requirement until
>run-time. Is there a similar method for handling this?

Use a vector of vectors.

"Allen" <allen-terri-> wrote in message
news:OJx1b.109648$...
| I have an array that I don't know the size requirement until run-time.
| The way I handle this is:
|
| int* piMyData;
|
| piMyData = (int*)LocalAlloc(LPTR, sizeof(int)*iDataCount);
//MS-specific

Remember that you are posting to a "C++" newsgroup, not "C":
piMyData = static_cast<int*>(LocalAlloc(LPTR, sizeof(int)*iDataCount));

| I also have a 2D char array that I don't know the size requirement
until
| run-time. Is there a similar method for handling this?

Do you mean similar in terms of using native win32 (non standard) methods?
That is off topic here. There is a simple way that many novices use to
figure out the total size of any array (though it is frowned upon):

size_t size = sizeof(array[0][0]) * sizeof(array);

"Greg P." <> wrote in message
news1y1b.3347$ nk.net...
> "Allen" <allen-terri-> wrote in message
> news:OJx1b.109648$...
> | I have an array that I don't know the size requirement until
run-time.
> | The way I handle this is:
> |
> | int* piMyData;
> |
> | piMyData = (int*)LocalAlloc(LPTR, sizeof(int)*iDataCount);
> //MS-specific
>
> Remember that you are posting to a "C++" newsgroup, not "C":
> piMyData = static_cast<int*>(LocalAlloc(LPTR, sizeof(int)*iDataCount));
>
> | I also have a 2D char array that I don't know the size requirement
> until
> | run-time. Is there a similar method for handling this?
>
> Do you mean similar in terms of using native win32 (non standard) methods?
> That is off topic here. There is a simple way that many novices use to
> figure out the total size of any array (though it is frowned upon):
>
> size_t size = sizeof(array[0][0]) * sizeof(array);

Hi Greg,

No, I'm not trying to determine the size. Also, I'm using a very old
compiler that doesn't have vectors and besides, I don't have any experience
using the STL.

I'm looking for a method similar to the first one I gave to create
storage for a 2D array that I don't know the size of until run-time (at
which time, I do).
In the first example, I get iDataCount and create an array at piMyData.
Then, I can:

piMyData[i] = iSomeInt;

I want to get iXCount and iYCount and create a 2D array that I can
access:

pszMyData[x][y] = "a";
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Best wishes,
Allen

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> Hi Greg,
>
> No, I'm not trying to determine the size. Also, I'm using a very old
> compiler that doesn't have vectors and besides, I don't have any
experience
> using the STL.
>
> I'm looking for a method similar to the first one I gave to create
> storage for a 2D array that I don't know the size of until run-time (at
> which time, I do).
> In the first example, I get iDataCount and create an array at
piMyData.
> Then, I can:
>
> piMyData[i] = iSomeInt;
>
> I want to get iXCount and iYCount and create a 2D array that I can
> access:
>
> pszMyData[x][y] = "a";
> --
>

This is in the FAQ.

http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lit...tore-mgmt.html

question 16.15. You should be able to translate the use of new to
LocalAlloc, or better still drop LocalAlloc and use new instead. Every C++
compiler ever invented must have new, surely.

john



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In article <gty1b.109704$>,
Allen <allen-terri-> wrote:
>
> I want to get iXCount and iYCount and create a 2D array that I can
>access:
>
>pszMyData[x][y] = "a";

If you don't want to use a vector of vectors, then you'll have to use
dynamic memory allocation with 'new'. This is covered in section 16.15 of
the FAQ at <http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/>.

--
Jon Bell <> Presbyterian College
Dept. of Physics and Computer Science Clinton, South Carolina USA

Allen wrote:

>
> No, I'm not trying to determine the size. Also, I'm using a very old
> compiler that doesn't have vectors

Sounds like a good time to get a new compiler.

> and besides, I don't have any experience
> using the STL.

Sounds like a good time to learn.

Ask in a C++ group, get a C++ answer. Use vector. It's infinitely
superior to anything you are likely to come up with.

-Kevin
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"Allen" <allen-terri-> wrote in message news:<OJx1b.109648$>...
> Hi all,
>
> I have an array that I don't know the size requirement until run-time.
> The way I handle this is:
>
> int* piMyData;
>
> piMyData = (int*)LocalAlloc(LPTR, sizeof(int)*iDataCount); //MS-specific
>


Why not use:

{
int* piMyData;
int size_piMyData = my_array_has_this_many_elements;