Question

So I have tried to create a generator like:

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>  
#include <cmath>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
using namespace std;
char* data;
void genRandomFilledChar(char *s, int i, int j, int k) { 
    const char alphanum[] =
        "0123456789"
        "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
        "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
    for (int q = 0; q < i; ++q) {
        for (int w = 0; w < j; ++w) {
            for (int e = 0; e < k; ++e) {
                s[e] = alphanum[rand() % (sizeof(alphanum) - 1)];
            }
        } }}

int main()
{
    data =  new char[10000][10000][10000];
    genRandomFilledChar(data, 10000, 10000, 10000);
    cin.get();
    return 0;
}

But it fails to compile. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

char* data;
// ....
data =  new char[10000][10000][10000];

Are wrong. First, a three dimensional array of chars is char***. Next, you need to initialize that memory in 3 steps.

data = new char**[10000];
for(int i=0; i < 10000; ++i){
  data[i] = new char*[10000];
  for(int j=0; j < 10000; ++j){
    data[i][j] = new char[10000];
    for(int k=0; k < 10000; ++k){
      // and for best performance, initialize directly
      data[i][j][k] = /*HERE*/;
    }
  }
}