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The Char Data Type with 1 vs 2 Dimensional Array

 
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Hey, here are two codes and with one slight difference they do different things
CODE 1
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  1.  #include<iostream>
  2. using namespace std;
  3. int main()
  4. {
  5. char array[2];
  6. int i=0;
  7. while (i<2)
  8. {
  9. cin>>array[i];
  10. i++;
  11. }
  12. cout<<array[0]<<' '<<array[1];
  13. }
EXAMPLE OUTPUT:
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  1. two words
  2. t w


CODE 2
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  1.  #include<iostream>
  2. using namespace std;
  3. int main()
  4. {
  5. char array[2][100];
  6. int i=0;
  7. while (i<2)
  8. {
  9. cin>>array[i];
  10. i++;
  11. }
  12. cout<<array[0]<<' '<<array[1];
  13. }
EXAMPLE OUTPUT:
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  1. two words
  2. two words




How is that occurring, by adding an extra dimension to array it takes both words. What is going on....lol


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Re: The Char Data Type with 1 vs 2 Dimensional Array

 
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>How is that occurring, by adding an extra dimension to array it takes both words.
It helps to know that the native string type in C++ is actually an array of char, and cin's >> operator is pretty smart about knowing what types you give it. When array[i] is an array of char, cin>>array[i]; will read a word into it. when array[i] is a single char, cin>>array[i]; will read a single character into it.
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You need to read a basic tutorials on arrays... Seeing this is c++ have a look at std::strings as well.
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is it possible to think of it as a matrix?

for example

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  1. char array[2][2];

Isn't this what we are forming
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  1.       0     1 
  2. 0   
  3.  
  4. 1

If we do
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  1. cin>> array[0]
and we input the word: "WHAT"
how is that being placed in to the matrix I drew.

To display the word I played around and found I can do this:
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  1. cout<< array[0][0]<<array[0][1]<<array[0][2]<<array[0][3]
But I thought the maximum it can go to was array [1][1] ?? So how can those arrays be defined.

I mean the only combinations I thought were possible according to a tutorial I read were

array[0][0]
array[0][1]
array[1][0]
array[1][1]
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Re: The Char Data Type with 1 vs 2 Dimensional Array

 
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is it possible to think of it as a matrix?

for example

C++ Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. char array[2][2];

Isn't this what we are forming
C++ Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1.       0     1 
  2. 0   
  3.  
  4. 1

If we do
C++ Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. cin>> array[0]
and we input the word: "WHAT"
how is that being placed in to the matrix I drew.

To display the word I played around and found I can do this:
C++ Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. cout<< array[0][0]<<array[0][1]<<array[0][2]<<array[0][3]
But I thought the maximum it can go to was array [1][1] ?? So how can those arrays be defined.

I mean the only combinations I thought were possible according to a tutorial I read were

array[0][0]
array[0][1]
array[1][0]
array[1][1]

When the compiler saw this line:

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  1. char array[2][2];

it set aside memory for 2 x 2 = 4 bytes of contiguous memory. Let's say it stored array[0][0] at the following address in memory:

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  1. 0xaa0000

The four characters would be stored at the following addresses:

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  1. array[0][0]   0xaa0000
  2. array[0][1]   0xaa0001
  3. array[1][0]   0xaa0002
  4. array[1][1]   0xaa0003

If you are referring to the element array[i][j], the computer figures out which address in memory is being referred to by this mathematical equation:

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  1. address = address of array[0][0] + offset

where offset is calculated as:

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  1. (i times number of rows) + j

In your case the number of rows = 2, so offset is:

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  1. offset = 2i + j

So in the case of array[0][3], i = 0 and j = 3, so:

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  1. offset = 0 * 2 + 3 = 3

The address of array[0][3] is thus:

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  1. 0xaa0000 + 3 = 0xaa0003

which is the address of array[1][1], so array[1][1] and array[0][3] are equivalent here, so when you displayed array[0][3], you were really displaying what was stored at array[1][1], which is 'T'.

However, even though you can get away with it, it's probably not a great habit to get into and you should probably only reference the elements array[0][0], array[0][1], array[1][0], and array[1][1].
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alright thanks alot for explaining so clearly.

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