string[int[][]] ??

[awishformore]

On 22/07/2010 22:57, dcoder wrote:
> == Quote from dcoder (dcoder at devnull.com)'s article
>> Hello.  I want to use associative arrays, but have a 2-d int array as my
>> index.  so something like:
>> string[int[][]] chessboard;
>> chessboard[[0,0]] = "Rook";
>> chessboard[[0,1]] = "Knight";
>> Is this possible?  I can declare chessboard without any compiler complaints,
>> but I haven't figured out how to assign anything to it.
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>> thanks!
>> dcoder
>
>
> Ooops, I just realized that int[someX][someY] needs to evaluate to an int, so that
> my statement above doesn't make any sense.
>
> Still, is there anyway I can keep the spirit of a double index to a chessboard
> without having to create a Coordinate object and define relational orderings?
>
> thanks.
>
> dcoder.
>

How about string[][]? ;)