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From: Ian Tester <94024831 AT athene DOT mit DOT csu DOT edu DOT au>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: help with classes!
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 11:45:23 +1000 (EST)
Organization: Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia
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hi,
	Sorry about this semi-djgpp content, but the c++ newsgroup is 
choka full of over 1500 messages, and I thought that my problem might be 
specific to djgpp.
	Anyway, I'm writting this 3D math library with classes for 
vectors, quaternions, and matrices. The vectors and quaternions work OK, 
but the matrix class doesn't. I'm pretty sure it's to do with the fact 
that the vec. and quat. classes don't have to allocate memory in their 
constructors. You see, in my matrix class, I have two ints which hold the 
number of rows and columns, and a 'float *' which will hold the array 
of elements. But to use it I have a constructor which takes the number of 
rows and columns to initialize it to, sets the two ints and allocates the 
memory with 'elements = new float[rows * cols]'. Is this right?

	Anyway, in a little test program, I declare a matrix with 
'Matrix M;', and then latter initialize it with 'M = Matrix(3,3);'.
Is this right? Should I declare it as a pointer ?

i.e 'Matrix *M;' and
    'M = new Matrix(3,3);'

	In the test program, it doesn't seem to set the two ints with the 
new size, so all other multiplications and stuff fail because its the 
wrong size.

	 I would really like some help with this one. puh-lease!

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                      Ian Tester  8)=
                Truth, Justice, and the GNU way
           still wishing for a pentium, or an Indy :-o, or...

         "A friend is someone who lets you help" - the fly, U2
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