C and C++ allocation memory for 2d char array.

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I am trying to create memory for 2D char array dynamically, the same code is working fine in C but its not working in C++.

I have two question:
1. Why C code is working fine & C++ not for 2D char array dynamically memory allocation?
2. If C++ code is wrong or I missed out anything in the C++ code; please correct me. Tell me the actual implementation to allocate 2D char array dynamically.

Please look the below both (C/C++)code.

C code:

C#

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
void main()
{
    char **array;
    int row,column;
    char temp='A';
    printf("enter the row");
    scanf("%d",&row);
    printf("enter the column");
    scanf("%d",&column);
    array=(char **)malloc(row*sizeof(char *));
    for (int i=0;i<row;i++)
    {
        array[i]=(char*)malloc(column*sizeof(char));
    }

    for(int j=0;j<row;j++)
    {
        for (int k=0;k<column;k++)
        {
            printf("%d\n",&array[j][k]);

            array[j][k]=temp;
            printf("%c\n",*(*(array+j)+k));

            temp++;
        }
    }
}

C++ code:

C#

#include<iostream.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
void main()
{
    char **array;
    int row,column;
    char temp='A';
    cout<<"enter the Row"<<endl;
    cin>>row;
    cout<<"enter the Column"<<endl;
    cin>>column;
    array=(char **)malloc(row*sizeof(char *));
    for (int i=0;i<row;i++)>
    {
        array[i]=(char*)malloc(column*sizeof(char));
    }

    for(int j=0;j<row;j++)>
    {
        for (int k=0;k<column;k++)>
        {
            cout<<&array[j][k]<<endl;
            array[j][k]=temp;
            cout<<*(*(array+j)+k)<<endl;
            temp++;
        }
    }
}

[edit]Code block added - OriginalGriff[/edit]

Posted 1-Mar-13 21:43pm

ashu_1july

Updated 1-Mar-13 22:17pm

André Kraak

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OriginalGriff 2-Mar-13 3:54am

"the same code is working fine in C but its not working in C++"

How is it "not working"? What is it doing that it shouldn't, or not doing that it should?
Does it give you an error?

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nv3 · Answer 1 · 2013-03-01T23:14:00

First of, your C++ implementation should use

C++

#include <iostream> // without the .h!

Then, I assume the trouble you have is caused by the line

C++

cout<<&array[j][k]<<endl;

The good thing about formatted stream i/o is that it automatically detects the type of variable your are writing and converts them to text accordingly. In this case this automatism however doesn't do what you expected. You are passing a value of type char* and that means, the stream i/o will assume that you want to output a character string. So it writes whatever is in your yet uninitialized array until it finds a NUL-character.

What you intended to do is write that char* as address value, which you may accomplish by saying:

C++

cout << (size_t) &array[j][k] << endl;

That will make you intention clear and you get what you want. By the way, you could have left your printf statements as they were and they would have worked fine in C++ also.