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Re: Two dimensional arrays in NXC
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Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:10:21 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.nxt, Trevyn Watson wrote:
Hello,

I'm trying to use two dimensional arrays in NXC, like this:

int onedarray[4];
int twodarray[4][4];

task main()
{
      onedarray[2] = 1;
      twodarray[2][2] = 1;
}

I read that the stock firmware doesn't support them, so I got John
Hansen's enhanced firmware and put it on my NXT. I downloaded the latest
version of BricxCC, and found and checked the "Enhanced firmware"
checkbox in the preferences. The code still won't compile. I get

line 7: Error: '=' expected
line 7: Error: Identifier expected
line 7: Error: Undefined Identifier 2
line 7: Error: Datatypes are not compatible
line 7: Error: ';' expected

Am I doing something wrong?
How can I use multidimensional arrays?


The stock firmware supports multi-dimensional arrays but there is a bug in the
replace opcode which makes it impossible to replace an element in an array with
more than one dimension.

In NXC, due to the way the opcodes work in the standard firmware, you manipulate
elements in multi-dimensional arrays using a 3 step process.  Here's code that
will work for what you are trying to do:


int onedarray[4], tmp[];
int twodarray[4][4];

task main()
{
  onedarray[2] = 1;
//  twodarray[2][2] = 1;
  tmp = twodarray[2];
  tmp[2] = 1;
  twodarray[2] = tmp;
}

I am investigating possibly extending the NXC compiler so that it can handle the
syntax you were trying to use.  I will have to just create thread-safe temporary
variables of the required type and dimension and generate the three statements
above whenever the compiler encounters the twodarray[2][2] = 1 syntax.

Hope this help,

John Hansen



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  Re: Two dimensional arrays in NXC
 
(...) Well, don't add the functionality on my account - I've redone my program a bit and now it doesn't need multi-dimensional arrays, and I think it's better this way anyways. Thanks for your help. Trevyn (17 years ago, 2-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)

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  Two dimensional arrays in NXC
 
Hello, I'm trying to use two dimensional arrays in NXC, like this: int onedarray[4]; int twodarray[4][4]; task main() { onedarray[2] = 1; twodarray[2][2] = 1; } I read that the stock firmware doesn't support them, so I got John Hansen's enhanced (...) (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)

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