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

You can't. m is not compatible with the argument to foo. You'd have to use a temporary array of pointers.

int main()
{
    float m[4][4];
    int i,j;

    float *p[4];

    p[0] = m[0];
    p[1] = m[1];
    p[2] = m[2];
    p[3] = m[3];

    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
        for (j = 0; j < 4; j++)
            m[i][j] = i+j;


    foo(p);