Print multidimensional Mat in OpenCV (C++) - c++

Question

In the OpenCV Tutorial
http://docs.opencv.org/master/d6/d6d/tutorial_mat_the_basic_image_container.html
is the following example for creating a Mat.
int sz[3] = {2,2,2};
Mat L(3,sz, CV_8UC(1), Scalar::all(0));
This works fine, but when i try to print the Mat my programm crashes.
cout << "L = " << endl << " " << L << endl << endl;
Why doesn't this work ?
Is there a way to do this without loops or splitting the Mat L ?

Answer 1

To print n-dim matrix you could use Matrix slice. Since 2d matrices are stored row by row, 3d matrices plane by plane and so on, you could use code:
cv::Mat sliceMat(cv::Mat L,int dim,std::vector<int> _sz)
{
cv::Mat M(L.dims - 1, std::vector<int>(_sz.begin() + 1, _sz.end()).data(), CV_8UC1, L.data + L.step[0] * 0);
return M;
}
To perform mat slice.For more dimensions you should make more slices. Example shows 3 and 4 dimension matrices:
std::cout << "3 dimensions" << std::endl;
std::vector<int> sz = { 3,3,3 };
cv::Mat L;
L.create(3, sz.data(), CV_8UC1);
L = cv::Scalar(255);
std::cout<< sliceMat(L, 1, sz);
std::cout << std::endl;
std::cout <<"4 dimensions"<< std::endl;
sz = { 5,4,3,5 };
L.create(4, sz.data(), CV_8UC1);
L = cv::Scalar(255);
std::cout << sliceMat(sliceMat(L, 1, sz),2, std::vector<int>(sz.begin() + 1, sz.end()));
end result screen