c++ segmentation fault trying to access vector - c++

Question

Im trying to create a adjacency representation of a graph.
I wrote a small program using vectors of vectors , however I keep getting "segmentation fault" but the compiler(clang++ version 5.0.1 on Windows) it seems wereever I try to access the vector vertex_matrix its giving a segmentation fault, why is it not being instantiated?
Here is the header:
#ifndef GRAPH_MATRIX
#define GRAPH_MATRIX
#include <vector>
//header for graph represented via adjacency matrix with minimal functionality
class graph
{
public:
graph(int);
~graph();
void add_edge(int v1, int v2, int weight);
void print_graph();
private:
std::vector<std::vector<int>> vertex_matrix;
int num_of_vertices;
int num_of_edges;
};
#endif
Here is the cpp implementation:
#include <iostream>
#include "graph_matrix.h"
#include <climits>
using namespace std;
//header for graph represented via adjacency matrix with minimal functionality
graph::graph(int _num_of_vertices) : num_of_vertices(_num_of_vertices)
{
if (_num_of_vertices==0)
{
_num_of_vertices=10;
}
for (int i = 0; i < _num_of_vertices; i++)
{
vertex_matrix[i]=(vector<int> (_num_of_vertices,INT_MAX));
}
}
graph::~graph()
{
vertex_matrix.clear();
}
void graph::add_edge(int v1, int v2, int weight)
{
//vertex_matrix[v1-1][v2-1] == INT_MAX
vector<int> columnVector = vertex_matrix[v1-1];
if (columnVector[v2-1] == INT_MAX)
{
columnVector[v2-1] = weight;
}
}
void graph::print_graph()
{
cout << "vertex_matrix size:" << vertex_matrix.size() << endl;
for (int i=0; i< num_of_vertices; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < num_of_vertices; j++)
{
//vertex_matrix[i][j]
std::vector<int> columnVector = vertex_matrix[i];
if (columnVector[j] != INT_MAX)
{
std::cout << columnVector[j] ;
}
else
{
std::cout << "0";
}
}
std::cout << endl;
}//end for printing
}
Here is the main entry:
#include <iostream>
#include "graph_matrix.h"
using namespace std;
int main ()
{
std::cout << " Matrix representation of graph" << std::endl;
graph _graph(4);
_graph.add_edge(1,2,1);
_graph.add_edge(2,3,1);
_graph.add_edge(3,1,1);
_graph.add_edge(3,3,1);
_graph.add_edge(3,4,1);
_graph.add_edge(4,0,0);
_graph.print_graph();
}
I edited the above code to use pass by reference, however the matrix still prints as 0's.
Please help with pass by reference, updates below:
Header:
#ifndef GRAPH_MATRIX
#define GRAPH_MATRIX
#include <vector>
//header for graph represented via adjacency matrix with minimal functionality
class graph
{
public:
graph(int);
~graph();
void add_edge(int v1, int v2, int weight,std::vector<std::vector<int>> & matrix);
void print_graph();
std::vector<std::vector<int>> vertex_matrix;
private:
int num_of_vertices;
int num_of_edges;
};
#endif
Cpp file:
#include <iostream>
#include "graph_matrix.h"
#include <climits>
using namespace std;
//header for graph represented via adjacency matrix with minimal functionality
graph::graph(int _num_of_vertices) : num_of_vertices(_num_of_vertices) {
if (num_of_vertices == 0) {
num_of_vertices = 10;
}
for (int i = 0; i < num_of_vertices; i++) {
std::vector<std::vector<int>>& matrix = vertex_matrix;
matrix.push_back(vector<int> (num_of_vertices, INT_MAX));
}
}
graph::~graph() {
std::vector<std::vector<int>>& matrix = vertex_matrix;
matrix.clear();
}
void graph::add_edge(int v1, int v2, int weight,std::vector<std::vector<int>> & _matrix) {
//vertex_matrix[v1-1][v2-1] == INT_MAX
vector<int> columnVector = _matrix[v1 - 1];
if (columnVector[v2 - 1] == INT_MAX) {
columnVector[v2 - 1] = weight;
}
}
void graph::print_graph() {
std::vector<std::vector<int>>& matrix = vertex_matrix;
for (int i = 0; i < matrix.size(); i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < matrix.size(); j++) {
//vertex_matrix[i][j]
std::vector<int> columnVector = matrix[i];
if (columnVector[j] != INT_MAX) {
std::cout << columnVector[j];
} else {
std::cout << "0";
}
}
std::cout << endl;
}//end for printing
}
main:
#include <iostream>
#include "graph_matrix.h"
using namespace std;
int main ()
{
std::cout << " Matrix representation of graph" << std::endl;
graph _graph(4);
std::vector<std::vector<int>>& m = _graph.vertex_matrix;
_graph.add_edge(1,2,1,m);
_graph.add_edge(2,3,1,m);
_graph.add_edge(3,1,1,m);
_graph.add_edge(3,3,1,m);
_graph.add_edge(3,4,1,m);
_graph.add_edge(4,0,0,m);
_graph.print_graph();
}
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

Answer 1

You create an empty vector and then try to access elements in it. Change your constructor to
graph::graph(size_t _num_of_vertices) :
vertex_matrix(
std::vector<std::vector<int>>(
_num_of_vertices,std::vector<int>(_num_of_vertices)
)
)
{}
to create a correctly sized vector.
Also in case _num_vertices == 0 you set it to 10 but thats after you initialized the member num_vertices so you leave the object in an inconsistent state. There are different ways to fix that, I would probably just throw an exception when the number of vertices passed is zero, or just ignore it. User wants a zero sized matrix? Why not?
Moreover the size should be unsigned not signed, there is size_t for container sizes. Even better you shouldnt have that member at all, because a vector already knows its size, the only reason to repeat that information is to introduce mistakes ;)