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Re: Two Dimensional Array


  • Subject: Re: Two Dimensional Array
  • From: Graff <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:24:35 -0400

On Sep 12, 2008, at 5:05 AM, Jordon Hirshon wrote:

I'm new to Objective-C. Can someone suggest an approach to building a two dimensional array of integers?

You can either make an NSArray that contains other NSArrays or just use a c-style multidimensional array.


example of using an NSArray:

int myValue = 10;

// create the 2-D array
NSArray *twoD = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
[NSMutableArray new],
[NSMutableArray new],
[NSMutableArray new],
[NSMutableArray new], nil];

// store the value as an NSNumber
[[twoD objectAtIndex:2] addObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:myValue]];

// retrieve the value
int retrievedValue = [[[twoD objectAtIndex:2] objectAtIndex:0] intValue];


example of using a c-array:

	int myValue = 10;

	// create the 2-D array
	int twoD[4][6];

	// store the value as an NSNumber
	twoD[2][0] = myValue;

	// retrieve the value
	int retrievedValue = twoD[2][0];

There are advantages and disadvantages to each method. If you poke around the internet you can find some pre-made objective-c classes that handle multi-dimensional arrays for you but for a simple 2-D array it's probably best to stick with something similar to what I've outlined here.
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