how to find 2d array size in c++

Question

How do I find the size of a 2D array in C++? Is there any predefined function like sizeof to determine the size of the array?

Also, can anyone tell me h

Answer 1

#include<iostream>
using namespace std ;
int main()
{
    int A[3][4] = { {1,2,3,4} , {4,5,7,8} , {9,10,11,12} } ;
    for(int rows=0 ; rows<sizeof(A)/sizeof(*A) ; rows++)
    {
        for(int columns=0 ; columns< sizeof(*A) / sizeof(*A[0]) ; columns++)
        {
            cout<<A[rows][columns] <<"\t" ;
        }
        cout<<endl ;
    }
}

Answer 2

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;


int main(int argc, char const *argv[])
{
    int arr[6][5] = {
        {1,2,3,4,5},
        {1,2,3,4,5},
        {1,2,3,4,5},
        {1,2,3,4,5},
        {1,2,3,4,5},
        {1,2,3,4,5}
    };
    int rows = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);
    int cols = sizeof(arr[0])/sizeof(arr[0][0]);
    cout<<rows<<" "<<cols<<endl;
    return 0;
}

Output: 6 5

Answer 3

int arr[5][4];

For the row subscript(4 raise to 2, include cmath to use pow):

sizeof(arr1)/pow(4,2)   

Column subscript:

sizeof(*arr1)/4

4 means 4 bytes, size of int.

Answer 4

Here is one possible solution of first part

#include<iostream>

using namespace std;
int main()
{
    int marks[][4] = {
                      10, 20, 30, 50,
                      40, 50, 60, 60,
                      10, 20, 10, 70
                     };

int rows =  sizeof(marks)/sizeof(marks[0]);
int cols = sizeof(marks)/(sizeof(int)*rows);


    for(int i=0; i<rows; i++)
    {
        for(int j=0; j<cols; j++)
        {
            cout<<marks[i][j]<<" ";
        }
        cout<<endl;
    }



    return 0;
}

Answer 5

The other answers above have answered your first question. As for your second question, how to detect an error of getting a value that is not set, I am not sure which of the following situation you mean:

1. Accessing an array element using an invalid index:
   If you use std::vector, you can use vector::at function instead of [] operator to get the value, if the index is invalid, an out_of_range exception will be thrown.

2. Accessing a valid index, but the element has not been set yet: As far as I know, there is no direct way of it. However, the following common practices can probably solve you problem: (1) Initializes all elements to a value that you are certain that is impossible to have. For example, if you are dealing with positive integers, set all elements to -1, so you know the value is not set yet when you find it being -1. (2). Simply use a bool array of the same size to indicate whether the element of the same index is set or not, this applies when all values are "possible".

Answer 6

sizeof(yourObj)/sizeOf(yourObj[0])

should do the trick