Question

Just wonder, for a matrix stored in a file as what it is, i.e. each line in the file being a row of the matrix where elements are separated by space(s), how can I predetermine the size of the matrix, then create an array of the same size and read it into the array in C and C++? If you have some code example, that would be appreciated!

Thanks and regards!

Answer 1

Something like this. You need to include vector, sstream and string.

There is no need to find out the size of the vector in advance.

std::vector<int> readRow(std::string row) {
  std::vector<int> retval;
  std::istringstream is(row);
  int num;
  while (is >> num) retval.push_back(num);
  return retval;
}

std::vector<std::vector<int> > readVector(std::istream &is) {
  std::string line;
  std::vector<std::vector<int> > retval;
  while (std::getline(is, line))
    retval.push_back(readRow(line));
  return retval;
}