Allocate memory for 2D array with C++ new[]

Question

When I read some values from the user and I need to create an array of the specific size I do it somehow like this:

#include 
using namespace         


        

Answer 1

unsigned **numbers;
numbers = new unsigned*[a];
for (int i=0; i

It doesn't behave exactly like a 2d array, in that it's not contiguous in memory, but it will do. You can also use the notation numbers[i][j] to access elements.

Remember to delete[] each element of numbers at the end before delete[]-ing numbers itself

Using std::vector is probably a preferable solution, as detailed in other posts