How do I work with dynamic multi-dimensional arrays in C?

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Since C99, C has 2D arrays with dynamical bounds. If you want to avoid that such beast are allocated on the stack (which you should), you can allocate them easily in one go as the following

double (*A)[n] = malloc(sizeof(double[n][n]));

and that’s it. You can then easily use it as you are used for 2D arrays with something like A[i][j]. And don’t forget that one at the end

free(A);

Randy Meyers wrote series of articles explaining variable length arrays (VLAs).

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