Passing two-dimensional array via pointer

Question

How do I pass the m matrix to foo()? if I am not allowed to change the code or the prototype of foo()?

void foo(float **pm)
{
    int i,j;
    for (i = 0; i          


        

Answer 1

If you can't change foo(), you will need to change m. Declare it as float **m, and allocate the memory appropriately. Then call foo(). Something like:

float **m = malloc(4 * sizeof(float *));
int i, j;
for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
    m[i] = malloc(4 * sizeof(float));
    for (j = 0; j < 4; j++)
    {
        m[i][j] = i + j;
    }
}

Don't forget to free() afterwards!