Array out of bounds

[Jarrett Billingsley]

"Barry Denton" <basse42 at yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:fu0hfh$29mq$1 at digitalmars.com...
> from the examples I  try to do
>
> int COUNT = 10000;
>    char [COUNT][] itemStrings ;
>    for (int i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
>
>      itemStrings [i][] = ("item " ~ to!(char[]) (i));
>
> 2 problems -does not accept COUNT as the size

You can't declare a statically-sized array with a non-constant value.  If 
you know you will always have 10000 values, use:

const int COUNT = 10000;

If the number of values can vary at runtime, use a dynamically allocated 
array instead:

char[][] itemStrings = new char[][](n, count);

> and if I use char[10000] its OK but after compiles OK but index out of 
> bounds error given on itemStrings[][]   line

You haven't given any size to the second dimension of the array.  You've 
declared the array reference but haven't actually created an array.

Maybe you're getting the syntax confused.  The C-style syntax:

char itemStrings[COUNT][];

becomes:

char[][COUNT] itemStrings;

in D.  Your array:

char[COUNT][] itemStrings;

reads as "a dynamic array of statically-sized arrays of length COUNT of 
int".  You read right-to-left.  It seems you want the other way, 
char[][COUNT].

Even then, your loop is still wrong.  You are trying to slice-assign an 
array that doesn't exist.  Simply take out the slice on the left-hand-side:

itemStrings[i] = "item " ~ to!(char([])(i);

And it will fill in itemStrings[i] with the new string.