Pass a multidimensional array as a parameter in Delphi

Question

I\'d like to pass a multi-dimensional array to a constructor like so:

constructor TMyClass.Create(MyParameter: array of array of Integer);
begin
  LocalField         


        

Answer 1

Make a specific type for localfield, then set that as the type of MyParameter, something along the lines of:

type
  TTheArray = array[1..5] of array[1..10] of Integer;

var
  LocalField: TTheArray;

constructor TMyClass.Create(MyParameter: TTheArray);
...

(Note: not verified in a compiler, minor errors may be present)

Note that most often in pascal-like syntax a multidimensional array is more properly declared as

type
  TTheArray = array[1..5, 1..10] of Integer;

Unless, of course, you have some good reason for doing it the other way.