Arrays of structs with unspecified size

[aewarnick]

Sorry, my mistake, forgot the *.
sMap* sMapPtr=new sMap[runtime number does not have to be constant];

I don't know VB though so I can't help you converting snippet.

[Venom555]

	sMAP* sMapPtr = new sMAP[mapwidth][mapheight];

my compiler still whines about how the array bound is not constant


and I get a different error too:

error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'struct sMAP (*)[1]' to 'struct sMAP *'
Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast

[aewarnick]

Don't try to make a 2 dimentional array. Treat it like a bitmap and do manual address translation like CB said.
sMAP* sMapPtr = new sMAP[mapwidth*mapheight];

[Venom555]

Hey, thanks!
When CornedBee spoke of manual address translation, I didn't think that he meant that, so thanks to the both of you!

[Venom555]

I find this quite strange... This method works very well when the compiler is set to C++, but when it is set to just C, it doesn't like what it sees... Is that because this is only a C++ method of doing that?

[aewarnick]

new and delete are c++,
malloc and free are c and c++.

[Venom555]

I'm also having trouble with something else.. the scope of the pointer. Say I load the map, but in the same function I declare that pointer, as I get the mapwidth and mapheight variables from the file... I can't use that same pointer in a different function, like the Render function...