Treating 2D array as 1D array

Question

Let\'s say we have a 2D int array:

int a[3][4] = { { 1,3,2,4 }, { 2,1,5,3 }, { 0,8,2,3 } };

Is it legal and valid to take its

Answer 1

From http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/arrays/

int jimmy [3][5];   // is equivalent to
int jimmy [15];     // (3 * 5 = 15)  

when creating an array ( of any dimension ) the array memory is a fixed block of memory in size = sizeof(type) * dim0 * dim1 * ....;

So to your question, yes you can recast the array safely into one dimensional array.