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Computer Programming: Lecture 3 - 2 Dimensional & Multi Dimensional Arrays

The document discusses two-dimensional and multi-dimensional arrays, explaining that two-dimensional arrays use multiple subscripts to represent tables with rows and columns, and can be initialized with values grouped by row in curly braces; it also provides an example of a function that prints the values of a two-dimensional array using nested for loops to iterate through each row and column.

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Computer Programming: Lecture 3 - 2 Dimensional & Multi Dimensional Arrays

The document discusses two-dimensional and multi-dimensional arrays, explaining that two-dimensional arrays use multiple subscripts to represent tables with rows and columns, and can be initialized with values grouped by row in curly braces; it also provides an example of a function that prints the values of a two-dimensional array using nested for loops to iterate through each row and column.

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Computer Programming
Lecture 3 2 Dimensional & Multi Dimensional Arrays

8/24/2015

Outline
2- Dimensional Arrays
How to Initialize?
How to pass to Functions?

Multi- Dimensional

8/24/2015

Two - Dimensional Arrays


Multiple subscripts
a[ i ][ j ]

Tables with rows and columns


Specify row, then column
Array of arrays
a[1][4] is an array of 4 elements

a[0][0] is the first element of that array


Column 0

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Row 0

a[ 0 ][ 0 ]

a[ 0 ][ 1 ]

a[ 0 ][ 2 ]

a[ 0 ][ 3 ]

Row 1

a[ 1 ][ 0 ]

a[ 1 ][ 1 ]

a[ 1 ][ 2 ]

a[ 1 ][ 3 ]

Row 2

a[ 2 ][ 0 ]

a[ 2 ][ 1 ]

a[ 2 ][ 2 ]

a[ 2 ][ 3 ]

Column subscript
Array name
Row subscript

Two - Dimensional Arrays


To initialize
Default of 0

Initializers grouped by row in braces

int b[ 2 ][ 2 ] = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4 } };

int b[ 2 ][ 2 ] = { { 1 }, { 3, 4 } };

1
3

Row 0
Row 1

2
4

1
3

0
4

Two - Dimensional Arrays


Referenced like normal
cout << b[ 0 ][ 1 ];

Outputs 0

1
3

0
4

Cannot reference using commas


cout << b[ 0, 1 ];

Syntax error

Function prototypes
Must specify sizes of column rows not necessary
void printArray( int [][ 3 ] );

// Initializing multidimensional arrays.


#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

Note the format of the


prototype.

void printArray( int [][ 3 ] );


int main()

{
int array1[ 2 ][ 3 ] = { { 1, 2, 3 }, { 4, 5, 6 } };
int array2[ 2 ][ 3 ] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
int array3[ 2 ][ 3 ] = { { 1, 2 }, { 4 } };
cout << "Values in array1 by row are:" << endl;
printArray( array1 );
cout << "Values in array2 by row are:" << endl;
printArray( array2 );
cout << "Values in array3 by row are:" << endl;
printArray( array3 );
return 0; // indicates successful termination
} // end main

Note the various


initialization styles. The
elements in array2 are
assigned to the first row
and then the second.

// function to output array with two rows and three columns

For loops are often used to


iterate through arrays.
{
Nested loops are helpful
with multiple-subscripted
for ( int i = 0; i < 2; i++ ) { // for each row
for ( int j = 0; j < 3; j++ ) // output column values arrays.
void printArray( int a[][ 3 ] )

cout << a[ i ][ j ] << ' ';


cout << endl; // start new line of output
} // end outer for structure

} // end function printArray


Values in array1 by row are:
1 2 3
4 5 6
Values in array2 by row are:
1 2 3
4 5 0
Values in array3 by row are:
1 2 0
4 0 0

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