Re: [chuck-users] .cap() for multi-dimensional arrays

In some languages (like C) multi-dimensional arrays do need to be rectangular. This is because it's really just one big array. i.e. If you int foo[2][3]; you're doing exactly the same as int foo[6]; except that the compiler will do a bit of sugar for you and multiply your outer index by the inner array size and add it to your inner index. In java this is not the case because each index into your outer array is infact a ref to an array object. _Mark On Oct 3, 2007, at 6:54 AM, Kassen wrote:

On 10/3/07, Spencer Salazar wrote: It makes sense when you think of multi dimensional arrays as just arrays of arrays. Additionally each sub-array need not be of equal length.

Ah! I didn't think your could do that, I had assumed the sub- arrays needed to be equal length.

In that case I withdraw my comment about the need for the index being ugly, obviously. In that case it's also quite coherent that we need ask to get the .cap() for higher dimensions in exactly that way but I still think a note about this in the manual couldn't hurt.

Thanks for the demonstration!

Kas.

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