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adamk kromm
Member #5,432
January 2005

i create the array like this:

NumOfConditions = 1;
NumOfDialogs = 1;

for(int i=0;i<NumOfConditions;i++)
{
  conditions<i> = new int[2];
}

conditions[0][0] = ALWAYS;
conditions[0][1] = 0;

ALWAYS is defined as 0

then when i got to retrieve the value

textprintf_ex(screen, font, 150, 220, makecol(255, 255, 255), -1, "conditions: %d", conditions[0][0]);

i get values like 4042624

any ideas what im doing wrong?

edit:: i figured out that its giving me the memory address... so how do i get the value instead?

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Onewing
Member #6,152
August 2005
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How are you defining conditions?

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adamk kromm
Member #5,432
January 2005

ummm, if your refering to ALWAYS then like this

#define ALWAYS 0

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Onewing
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August 2005
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No, I'm talking about your multi-dimensional array called "conditions".

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Kauhiz
Member #4,798
July 2004

I think you should do it like this:

int *conditions;

conditions = new int[NumOfConditions];

for(int i=0;i<NumOfConditions;i++)
{
  conditions<i> = new int[2];
}

And then get rid of it with delete [] conditions;I'm not 100% sure, since I haven't really worked with dynamic arrays in C++ that much (and especially not with multidimensional ones). But try it and see for yourself.

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HoHo
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April 2004
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Do you have something like this somewhere in your code?int **conditions;If no then how do you define/declare the contitions variable?

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adamk kromm
Member #5,432
January 2005

that could be it.. i was using

int* conditions[];

EDIT:: i change

int* conditions[];

to:

int** conditions;

without changing anything else it crashes at runtime.

if i change

int* conditions[];

to:

int* conditions;

and add:

conditions = new int[NumOfConditions];

i get compile time errors about converting an int* to int

...

so far i still havent found the solution.

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TeamTerradactyl
Member #7,733
September 2006
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int* conditions[];
should be the same as int **conditions;
I don't know why your code isn't working, though :)

ImLeftFooted
Member #3,935
October 2003
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for(int i=0;i<NumOfConditions;i++)
{
  conditions<i> = new int[2];
}

conditions[0][0] = ALWAYS;
conditions[0][1] = 0;

Should be:

for(int i=0;i<NumOfConditions;i++)
{
  conditions<i> = new int[2];
  
  conditions<i>[0] = ALWAYS;
  conditions<i>[1] = 0;
}

And yes, you must do delete [] conditions[i]; as well as delete [] conditions;
Lots of [] symbols.

Its kind of scary because delete conditions[i]; will compile and might even run ok. But eventually the memory corruption will catch up with you and then you're really screwed.

[edit]

Quote:

without changing anything else it crashes at runtime.

It could be that it detected your error of using delete when you should be using delete [] and switched it for you. But a pointer to a pointer and theres no way for it to know it should switch.

HoHo
Member #4,534
April 2004
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Do you have conditions = new int[NumOfConditions];in your code? If you are having random values then I would guess you don't have.

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Matt Weir
Member #7,476
July 2006
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Hope this helps! I remember being stuck on this once.... ;)

1#define ALWAYS 0
2 
3void forumHelp()
4{
5 int i;
6 
7 int numOfConditions = 1;
8 int **conditions;
9 
10 conditions = new int*[numOfConditions];
11 
12 for (i = 0; i < numOfConditions; i++)
13 conditions<i> = new int[2];
14 
15 conditions[0][0] = ALWAYS;
16 conditions[0][1] = 42;
17 
18 textprintf_ex(screen, font, 200, 300, makecol(255, 255, 255), -1, "Conditions: %d", conditions[0][1]);
19 
20 readkey();
21 
22 for (i = 0; i < numOfConditions; i++)
23 delete[] conditions<i>;
24 
25 delete[] conditions;
26 
27 return;
28}

Things to watch for: the array 'conditions' is an array of POINTERS TO POINTERS, thus the **

To delete the array properly you have to delete all the last dimension elements first and then back to the first. (that's what the for loop is at the end)

Edit: Forgot the 'define'...

adamk kromm
Member #5,432
January 2005

EDIT:

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Matt Weir
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Edit:

adamk kromm
Member #5,432
January 2005

ok well i got it to work using vectors and also using the code Matt Weir posted. But it still crashes at this line:

if(worldconditions[j] == conditions<i>[0])

worldconditions[j] i checked right before the if statement and its equal to 0 which is also what conditions<i>[0] is... but it doesnt make it to the next line.

here is the code that has the error (the whole file)

1#include <allegro.h>
2#include <string>
3#include <vector>
4#include "dialog.h"
5#include "NPC.h"
6 
7using namespace std;
8 
9NPC::NPC()
10{
11 NumOfConditions = 1;
12 NumOfDialogs = 1;
13 
14 //conditions = new vector<int*>;
15 conditions = new int*[NumOfConditions];
16 for(int i=0;i<NumOfConditions;i++)
17 {
18 //conditions->push_back(new int[2]);
19 conditions<i> = new int[2];
20 }
21 dialogs = new vector<string>;
22
23 conditions[0][0] = ALWAYS;
24 conditions[0][1] = 0;
25 dialogs->push_back("Testing 123");
26};
27//14802501404
28NPC::~NPC()
29{
30};
31 
32std::string NPC::talk(int worldconditions[])
33{
34 int raylength = sizeof( worldconditions )/sizeof( worldconditions[0] );
35 bool done = false;
36 textprintf_ex(screen, font, 150, 200, makecol(255, 255, 255), -1, "here: %d", 1);
37 textprintf_ex(screen, font, 150, 210, makecol(255, 255, 255), -1, "worldconditions: %d", worldconditions[0]);
38 textprintf_ex(screen, font, 150, 220, makecol(255, 255, 255), -1, "conditions: %d", conditions[0][0]);
39 textprintf_ex(screen, font, 150, 230, makecol(255, 255, 255), -1, "conditions: %d", conditions[0][1]);
40
41 for(int i=NumOfConditions;i>0 && !done;i--)
42 {
43 textprintf_ex(screen, font, 150, 180, makecol(255, 255, 255), -1, "here: %d", 2);
44 for(int j=0;j<raylength && !done;j++)
45 {
46 textprintf_ex(screen, font, 150, 190, makecol(255, 255, 255), -1, "here: %d", 3);
47 textprintf_ex(screen, font, 150, 240, makecol(255, 255, 255), -1, "worldconditions: %d", worldconditions[j]);
48 if(worldconditions[j] == conditions<i>[0])
49 {
50 done = true;
51 textprintf_ex(screen, font, 150, 150, makecol(255, 255, 255), -1, "here: %d", 1);
52 textprintf_ex(screen, font, 150, 150, makecol(255, 255, 255), -1, "test: %s", dialogs->at(conditions<i>[1]).c_str());
53 textprintf_ex(screen, font, 150, 150, makecol(255, 255, 255), -1, "here: %d", 2);
54 return dialogs->at(conditions<i>[1]);
55 }
56 }
57 }
58 string dialog("");
59 return dialog;
60};

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Matt Weir
Member #7,476
July 2006
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I don't have much time at the mo but I suspect the value of 'raylength' isn't quite right. You might be trying to look at an invalid index in you 'conditions' array. Make the program print out the values of i & j before the 'if' statement and check the last values before the program crashes.

Matt.

adamk kromm
Member #5,432
January 2005

ok, after a few little ajustments the crash point has moved to this line

textprintf_ex(screen, font, 150, 160, makecol(255, 255, 255), -1, "test: %s", dialogs->at(conditions[0][1]).c_str());

(i changed the i to a 0 to make sure that wasnt the problem but it still dies)

EDIT:: i found my problem :D i was int the for loop i was going from the max value of the array and going down through the array (if it had one member i was starting at 1) but if there was only one member (like in this case) the element would be at location 0 not 1!

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