initializing static rectangular arrays

[naryl]

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:54:31 +0300, llee <llee at goucher.edu> wrote:

> Janice Caron Wrote:
>
>> On 11/17/07, llee <llee at goucher.edu> wrote:
>> > how do you initialize a static multidimensional array? I tried the  
>> following, but it did not work.
>> >
>> > float[3][4] array =
>> > [
>> >    [1.1, 1.2, 1.3],
>> >    [2.1, 2.2, 2.3],
>> >    [3.1, 3.2, 3.3]
>> > ];
>>
>> Isn't that a 3x3 array, not a 3x4 array?
>>
>> Anyway, I think the solution to your dilemma is the keyword "const".
>> (Or if that doesn't work, try "static").
>
> didn't work. I tried:
>
> 	const float[3][4] elements =
> 	[
> 		[1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4],
> 		[2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4],
> 		[3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4]		
> 	];
>
> and the compiler returned "too many initializers" for each nested array.

float[3][4] is really an array of 4 arrays of 3 floats.  
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/arrays.html

You can initialize it like that:
	float[3][4] elements =
         [
  	    [1.1, 1.2, 1.3],
             [2.1, 2.2, 2.3],
             [3.1, 3.2, 3.3],
             [4.1, 4.2, 4.3]
         ];