Convert a 2D array index into a 1D index

Question

I have two arrays for a chess variant I am coding in java...I have a console version so far which represents the board as a 1D array (size is 32) but I am working on making

Answer 1

You could use this ArrayConvertor class to convert 2D arrays in 1D arrays and back.

Beware: Converting a 2D array to a normal one does only work with a matrix.

public class ArrayConvertor {
    static public int[] d2Tod1(int[][] array){

        int[] newArray = new int[array.length*array[0].length];

        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i) 
        for (int j = 0; j < array[i].length; ++j) {
            newArray[i*array[0].length+j] = array[i][j];
        }

        return newArray;
    }

    static public int[][] d1Tod2(int[] array, int width){

        int[][] newArray = new int[array.length/width][width];

        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i) {
           newArray[i/width][i%width] = array[i];
        }

        return newArray;
    }
}

And Some testing code:

public class JavaMain{
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[][] arr2D_1 = new int[4][8];

        byte counter=0;
        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) 
        for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
            arr2D_1[i][j] = counter++;
        }

        int[]arr1D = ArrayConvertor.d2Tod1(arr2D_1);
        int[][] arr2D_2 = ArrayConvertor.d1Tod2(arr1D, 8);

        boolean equal = true;
        for (int i = 0; i < arr2D_1.length; i++) 
        for (int j = 0; j < arr2D_1[0].length; j++){ 
            if(arr2D_1[i][j]!=arr2D_2[i][j]) equal=false;
        }

        System.out.println("Equal: "+equal);
    }
}

Output: Equal: true