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Thread: Loop through a 2d array of objects

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    Default Loop through a 2d array of objects

    Hi!

    I was wondering if anyone can tell me a statement to iterate through a 2d array of objects called "animalsAndGrass".
    While it is iterating through it I want to be able to output the open locations i.e. the locations in the 2d array not holding any objects.

    For example i know i can iterate through the array like so..
               for (int i = 0; i < ROWS; i++)
                       {
    			for (int j = 0; j < COLS; j++)
                            {
     
                            }
                       }

    Would I be better to output and store the open locations to another 2d array? or what should I do?
    I'm so confused

    extra..
    this is for my dissertation I need to loop through the array and..
    If it is an empty cell in the grid (2d array)
    and 3 or more neighbouring cells are a grass object then create a grass object and place it in the empty space

    Thank you very much for your help.
    Last edited by ssjg0ten5; March 28th, 2012 at 06:50 PM.


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    Default Re: Loop through a 2d array of objects

    If you know how to iterate through the array then it is a simple matter of checking if the cell has an object in it or not. A simple if statement checking the cell (based on i and j) and outputting something like "has object" and "no object" would be a good place to start and go from there.

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