Hi Thank you for your reply, sorry I realized that what I am looking for is "long long", don't know how I used out of memory "double long", once fixed the integer issue disappeared, Thanks, Manal 2008/6/23 Tim Prince <TimothyPrince@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Manal Helal wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I am trying to construct a multidimensional array (as linear array in >> memory, but indexed with equations to represent the dimensions) of >> size 30 each, and 6 dimensions, which is 30^6=729000000 >> >> using a long type for the array crashes, as it is outside the range >> values. I used double long data type, and I had the above error: array >> subscript is not an integer >> >> Is there a work around this problem that I can implement, or another >> way of creating similar arrays? >> > > If you want total target independence, maybe there is no way. If your data > type is wide enough that this array exceeds 2GB, on the most common 64-bit > OS, you should be able to create a dynamic array of this size. A size_t > data type would make more sense than making us guess what you mean by double > long. Technically, double long might be the same as long double, a floating > point type unsuitable for an array subscript. > > -- Kind Regards, Manal Helal
