How do i declare a 2d array using new?

A dynamic 2D array is basically an array of pointers to arrays. You should initialize it using a loop, like this:

int** ary = new int*[rowCount];for(int i = 0; i < rowCount; ++i)    ary[i] = new int[colCount];

The above, for colCount= 5 and rowCount = 4, would produce the following:

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answered Jun 1 '09 at 20:45