no match for 'operator =' for 3d vector - c++

Question

I am trying to convert a vector of coordinates std::vector surface into a 3D array, setting all entries of the 3d array that are contained in surface to 0;
however I am getting a no match for operator array.
I looked up the error several times but did not find my case....
std::vector<coordinates> surface is global.
the coordiantes simply look like
struct coords{
int xvalue;
int yvalue;
int zvalue;
coords(int x1, int y1, int z1) : xvalue(x1),yvalue(y1),zvalue(z1){}
~coords(){}
};
typedef struct coords coordinates;
and my method is:
(doubleBox is a typedef for a 3D double vector)
doubleBox levelset::putIntoBox( vector<coordinates> surface){
int xMaxs, yMaxs,zMaxs;
for (vector<coordinates>::iterator it = surface.begin() ; it != surface.end(); ++it){
if (it->xvalue > xMaxs)
xMaxs = it->xvalue;
if (it->yvalue > yMaxs)
yMaxs = it->yvalue;
if (it->zvalue > zMaxs)
zMaxs = it->zvalue;
//check invalid surface
if (it->xvalue < 0 || it->yvalue <0 || it->zvalue<0)
cout << "invalid surface with point coordinates below 0 !" << endl;
}
doubleBox surfaceBox[xMaxs+1][yMaxs+1][zMaxs+1];
int max = std::ceil(sqrt(xMaxs*xMaxs + yMaxs*yMaxs + zMaxs*zMaxs));
std::fill(&surfaceBox[0][0][0],&surfaceBox[0][0][0] + sizeof(surfaceBox)*sizeof(surfaceBox[0])/ sizeof(surfaceBox[0][0]) / sizeof(surfaceBox[0][0]), max);
for (vector<coordinates>::iterator it = surface.begin() ; it != surface.end(); it++){
surfaceBox[it->xvalue][it->yvalue][it->zvalue] = 0.0;
}
return surfaceBox;
}
the output is (declaring that the error lies in the second for-loop)
c:\mingw\lib\gcc\mingw32\4.8.1\include\c++\bits\vector.tcc:160:5: note: std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>& std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::operator=(const std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>&) [with _Tp = std::vector<std::vector<double> >; _Alloc = std::allocator<std::vector<std::vector<double> > >]
vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::
^
c:\mingw\lib\gcc\mingw32\4.8.1\include\c++\bits\vector.tcc:160:5: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from 'const int' to 'const std::vector<std::vector<std::vector<double> > >&'
..\src\Levelset.cpp: In member function 'doubleBox levelset::putIntoBox(std::vector<coords>)':
..\src\Levelset.cpp:295:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
Maybe this problem is caused by the fact that std::fill is used inappropriately??

Answer 1

Since doubleBox is defined as std::vector<std::vector<std::vector<double>, why do you define doubleBox surfaceBox[xMaxs+1][yMaxs+1][zMaxs+1]; in this way?
What you defined is a 3 dimensional array whose element type is doubleBox, which means that every element is of type std::vector<std::vector<std::vector<double>, which is not what you want.
You may need something like doubleBox surfaceBox(xMaxs + 1, std::vector<std::vector<double>>(yMaxs + 1, std::vector<double>(zMaxs + 1)));