Declaring a pointer to multidimensional array and allocating the array

Question

I\'ve tried looking but I haven\'t found anything with a definitive answer. I know my problem can\'t be that hard. Maybe it\'s just that I\'m tired..

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Answer 1

I just found this ancient answer still gets read, which is a shame since it's wrong. Look at the answer below with all the votes instead.

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Read up on pointer syntax, you need an array of arrays. Which is the same thing as a pointer to a pointer.

int width = 5;
int height = 5;
int** arr = new int*[width];
for(int i = 0; i < width; ++i)
   arr[i] = new int[height];