From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Dynamically declaring 2-d arrays
Date:	Tue, 10 Feb 1998 19:10:19 -0500
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> 
> This sets up a large, *contiguous* array a_inner, and a set of
> pointers into that array. To access Element a[k][j], you can do any of
> the following, whichever seems fit for the situation at hand:
> 
>         a[0][k*m+j];
>         a_inner[k*m+j];
>         a[k][j];

Wow, thanks!  It's not every day you learn something new and useful. 
:-)

> (BTW: I first learned about this from the comp.lang.c FAQ. If you don't
> have that, go get it. It's about the most valuable source of information
> you'll ever get about C in general, only second to the original work
> itself: K&R2)

I read the comp.lang.c FAQ frequently, but there is a LOT of information
in there.  For those who don't know, the URL is
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html.

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