I know about algorithms to allocate/deallocate a 2D array dynamically, however I'm not too sure about the same for 3D arrays.
Using this knowledge and a bit of symmetry, I came up with the following code.
(I had a hard time visualizing in 3D during coding).
Please comment on the correctness and suggest any better alternative (efficiency-wise or intuitively), if any.
Also, I think both these 2D and 3D arrays can be accessed normally like static arrays like arr2D[2][3] and
arr3D[2][3][2]. Right?
Code for 2D
//allocate a 2D array
int** allocate2D(int rows,int cols)
{
int **arr2D;
int i;
arr2D = (int**)malloc(rows*sizeof(int*));
for(i=0;i<rows;i++)
{
arr2D[i] = (int*)malloc(cols*sizeof(int));
}
}
//deallocate a 2D array
void deallocate2D(int** arr2D,int rows)
{
int i;
for(i=0;i<rows;i++)
{
free(arr2D[i]);
}
free(arr2D);
}
Code for 3D
//allocate a 3D array
int*** allocate3D(int l,int m,int n)
{
int ***arr3D;
int i,j,k;
arr3D = (int***)malloc(l * sizeof(int **));
for(i=0;i<l;i++)
{
arr3D[i] = (int**)malloc(m * sizeof(int*));
for(j=0;j<m;j++)
{
arr3D[i][j] = (int*)malloc(n*sizeof(int));
}
}
return arr3D;
}
//deallocate a 3D array
void deallocate3D(int arr3D,int l,int m)
{
int i,j;
for(i=0;i<l;i++)
{
for(int j=0;j<m;j++)
{
free(arr3D[i][j]);
}
free(arr3D[i]);
}
free(arr3D);
}
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