Vector of Vectors to create matrix

c++ vector matrix
user1487000 picture user1487000 · Sep 11, 2012 · Viewed 250.1k times · Source

I am trying to take in an input for the dimensions of a 2D matrix. And then use user input to fill in this matrix. The way I tried doing this is via vectors (vectors of vectors). But I have encountered some errors whenever I try to read in data and append it to the matrix.

//cin>>CC; cin>>RR; already done
vector<vector<int> > matrix;
for(int i = 0; i<RR; i++)
{
    for(int j = 0; j<CC; j++)
    {
    cout<<"Enter the number for Matrix 1";
         cin>>matrix[i][j];
    }
}

Whenever I try to do this, it gives me a subscript out of range error. Any advice?

Answer

juanchopanza picture juanchopanza · Sep 11, 2012

You have to initialize the vector of vectors to the appropriate size before accessing any elements. You can do it like this:

// assumes using std::vector for brevity
vector<vector<int>> matrix(RR, vector<int>(CC));

This creates a vector of RR size CC vectors, filled with 0.

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