Question

I have a row-based multidimensional array:

/** [row][column]. */
public int[][] tiles;

I would like to transform this array to column-based array, like following:

/** [column][row]. */
public int[][] tiles;

…But I really don’t know where to start

Answer 1

try this:

@Test
public void transpose() {
    final int[][] original = new int[][]{
            {1, 2, 3, 4},
            {5, 6, 7, 8},
            {9, 10, 11, 12}};

    for (int i = 0; i < original.length; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < original[i].length; j++) {
            System.out.print(original[i][j] + " ");
        }
        System.out.print("\n");
    }
    System.out.print("\n\n matrix transpose:\n");
    // transpose
    if (original.length > 0) {
        for (int i = 0; i < original[0].length; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < original.length; j++) {
                System.out.print(original[j][i] + " ");
            }
            System.out.print("\n");
        }
    }
}

output:

1 2 3 4 
5 6 7 8 
9 10 11 12 


 matrix transpose:
1 5 9 
2 6 10 
3 7 11 
4 8 12