Finding neighbours in a two-dimensional array

Question

Is there an easy way of finding the neighbours (that is, the eight elements around an element) of an element in a two-dimensional array? Short of just subtracting and adding

Answer 1

an alternative to @SebaGR, if your language supports this:

var deltas = { {x=-1, y=-1}, {x=0, y=-1}, {x=1, y=-1},
               {x=-1, y=0},               {x=1, y=0},
               {x=-1, y=1},  {x=0, y=1},  {x=1, y=1} };
foreach (var delta in deltas)
{
    if (x+delta.x < 0 || x + delta.x >= array.GetLength(0) ||
        y+delta.y < 0 || y + delta.y >= array.GetLength(1))
        continue;

    Console.WriteLine("{0}", array[x + delta.x, y + delta.y]);
}

Slight advantage in readability, possible performance if you can statically allocate the deltas.