> //at class constructor
> boost::multi_array<char, 2> array2d = new boost::multi_array<char,
> 2>(boost::extents[x][y]);
> //at class method
> boost::multi_array<char, 1> array1d = array2d[0];
I tried out those two lines (minus the "new") here (see below), and
they compile without complaints in g++ 4.1.2.
Yung-Chin
-- contents of test file --
#include <iostream>
#include <boost/multi_array.hpp>
int main() {
size_t x = 5;
size_t y = 7;
boost::multi_array<char, 2> array2d =
boost::multi_array<char, 2>(boost::extents[x][y]);
std::cout << array2d.num_dimensions() << std::endl;
std::cout << array2d[0].num_dimensions() << std::endl;
boost::multi_array<char, 1> array1d = array2d[0];
std::cout << array1d.num_dimensions() << std::endl;
return 0;
} //main