From:	"DeHackEd" <dehacked72 AT nospam DOT hotmail DOT com>
References:	<34ae5551 DOT 4918923 AT 195 DOT 10 DOT 154 DOT 8>
Subject:	Re: New and multidimensional array
Date:	Mon, 5 Jan 1998 17:07:14 -0500
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Message-ID:	<#ChxQYiG9GA.225@upnetnews03>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway:	from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp

I don't know about the easiest, but this worked for me and if DJGPP doesn't give
an error, it works.

void **make_2d_array(size_t element_size, size_t left, size_t right)
{    // array[left][right] for clarity
    void **ret;
    int i;

    // how do you 'new' a number like malloc()?
    ret = malloc(4 * left); // array of far pointers
    if (!ret)
        return NULL;

    for (i = 0; i < right; i++)
        ret[i] = malloc(element_size * right);

    for (i = 0; i < right; i++)
        if (!ret[i])
            return NULL;
    return ret;
}

This worked for me, though it seems to be a large waste.
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"DeHackEd"
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Aleksi Kallio wrote in message <34ae5551 DOT 4918923 AT 195 DOT 10 DOT 154 DOT 8>...
>What's the easiest way to reserve memory for multidimensional array
>with "new"?
>
>  |Mikko Aleksi Kallio       |
>  |akallio AT finlink DOT net       |
>  |www.finlink.net/~akallio/ |

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