Program declaring variables by itself - c++

I am still a ... novice, in c++.
I don't know the name of what I am looking for but
I 've been searching a lot but can't seem to find the answer to following question:
I want to write a program that would declare demanded number of variables.
Example:
int a;
cin>>a;
Now if "a" is 5 (or any other number), I want program to declare 5 more variables,
Names do not matter but let's say...n1,n2,n3,n4,n5.
I've tried array and for loop but can't get it to work.
I got answer on Croatian forum (forum.hr) but the forum is currently offline, so I had no
time to try it out...
It was about using heap instead of stack
Thx in advance

C++ has container classes for this purpose. In particular, you want a vector:
std::vector<int> a(size);
for (int i = 0; i < a.size(); ++i)
std::cin >> a[i];
Declares a vector a of integers of some size and reads its elements, one by one.

If this is C++, the best you can do is using std::vector as it will manage the memory for you.

you can store them in an array:
int a;
cin >> a;
int *number = new int[a]; // allocate an array of size a
for (int i = 0; i < a; i++) {
number[i] = 5 + i; // set your numbers to anything here
}
delete[] number; // otherwise you have memory leak
or better use a vector:
vector<int> number(a);
// iterate with a normal for loop
for (int i = 0; i < number.size(); i++) {
number[i] = 5 + i;
}
..
// or use iterators
for (vector<int>::iterator it = number.begin(); it != number.end(); ++it) {
cout << *it << endl;
}
so you don't have to manage memory.

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C++ filling in array with input from another

I'm just taking input for two arrays and manipulating the information. When I take input for both arrays it puts the information from the second into both arrays. In the code below I haven even commented out the input for the second array to see what happens and it still puts the input for M into both arrays. Can anyone see the cause?
int M[0], N[0];
std::cin >> m >> n;
for (int i = 0; i < m; ++i)
{
std::cin >> M[i];
}
for(int i=0; i<m; i++)
{
std::cout << M[i];
}
std::cout << "\n";
for(int i=0; i<n; i++)
{
std::cout << N[i];
}
For starters these declarations
int M[0], N[0];
are invalid, You may not declare an array with zero elements.
Thus the code has undefined behavior.
Secondly variable length arrays are not a standard C++ feature. Either declare the arrays with the potentially maximum number of elements or use the standard container std::vector.
the code that you just showed has a problem.
You print only M because you didn't do the input for-loop for the N array. So the array N has nothing inside.
So to fix this do another for and ask for input in the array N.
for (int i = 0; i < m; ++i)
{
std::cin >> N[i];
}
Hope this helps.

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the function is to preserve argument array and produce anidentical array in the heap memory that has the even elements to (left) & odd(right), but when i output i find a row of zeros and bunch of random big numbers which look like addresses but I don't think they are, Please help.
int* even_left_odd_right(int arr[], int size1)
{
int* array;
array = new int[size1];
for(int i = 0; i < size1; i++)
array[i] = arr[i];
for(int i = 0, j =0; i < size1; i++)
{
if(array[i] % 2 == 0)
{
int temp = array[j];
array[j] = array[i];
array[i] = temp;
j++;
}
}
return array;
}
int main()
{
int size1;
cout << "Enter size of array:";
cin >> size1;
int* array1;
array1 = new int[size1];
int arr[size1];
cout << "Enter the entries in this array: ";
for(int i = 0; i < size1; i++)
cin >> arr[i];
even_left_odd_right(arr, size1);
for(int i = 0; i < size1; i++)
cout << array1[i] << " ";
delete[] array1;
return 0;
}`
The root cause of all your problems is that you do not use the return value of your function. Besides that, there are more things that should be corrected.
Additionally, we need to mention that what you are obviously learning now, dynamic memory management using new and delete and raw pointers for owned memory, is strongly discourage.
Basically: new, delete and raw pointers for owned memory should NEVER be used in C++.
It is that error prone that is has no place any more in standard C++. You even have an error with leaked memory and do not notice it. The array, that you are dynamically allocating in your function with new, is never deleted.
I know that teachers still do teach this crap, but just for explaining dynamic memory mangement from scratch. So, let's go ahead and use it for now.
You have however some additional errors.
Your function returns the partitioned data. But you never use the functions return value
You are using (for whatever reason??) a so called VLA (Variable Length Array) in int arr[size1];. This is illegal in C++. Real C++ compilers will not allow that.
You are mixing up arr and array1. In the beginning, you are creating array1. After creation, it is not initialized and will contain random values.
Then you call your function with arr and output array1 at the end. So, you will output random data. That is, what you see. Random data.
You could use the build in std::swap function. But I guess that it is prohibited by the teacher. What a shame.
You unneccessarily change the order of the entries in the array with swapping. But this does not harm
Your function simply returns a raw pointer. The outer world does not know anything about that. That is dangerous
You even do not know that arr in your function signature (int arr[]) will decay to a pointer
To quickly fix your code, we could write:
#include <iostream>
int* even_left_odd_right(int arr[], int size1)
{
int* array;
array = new int[size1];
for (int i = 0; i < size1; i++)
array[i] = arr[i];
for (int i = 0, j = 0; i < size1; i++)
{
if (array[i] % 2 == 0)
{
int temp = array[j];
array[j] = array[i];
array[i] = temp;
j++;
}
}
return array;
}
int main()
{
int size1;
std::cout << "Enter size of array:";
std::cin >> size1;
int* array1;
array1 = new int[size1];
//int arr[size1]; NOT ALLOWED in C++
std::cout << "Enter the entries in this array: ";
for (int i = 0; i < size1; i++)
std::cin >> array1[i];
int* array2 = even_left_odd_right(array1, size1);
for (int i = 0; i < size1; i++)
std::cout << array2[i] << " ";
delete [] array1;
delete [] array2;
return 0;
}
But such code should never be used in C++.
Again, I guess I understand requirements from teacher.
By the way. In C++17 you would probaly write the follwoing code:
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
int main() {
// Tell user, what to do: Get the number of data to operate on
std::cout << "\nEnter the number of data to operate on: ";
// Read the number of data from the user via std::cin. Check, if number is OK
if (size_t numberOfData{}; (std::cin >> numberOfData) and (numberOfData > 0)) {
// Define the vector for our original data with the size given by the user
std::vector<int> dataOriginal(numberOfData);
// And get the number of specified data from the user
std::cout << "\n\nAnd now, please enter the data\n";
std::copy_n(std::istream_iterator<int>(std::cin), numberOfData, dataOriginal.begin());
// We want to preserve the original input, so, make a copy of that vector
std::vector result(dataOriginal);
// Now partition the output as requested
std::stable_partition(result.begin(), result.end(), [](const int i) { return (i % 2) == 0; });
// Show result to user
std::copy(result.begin(), result.end(), std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " "));
}
else {
std::cerr << "\nError: Wrong input given for number of data\n\n";
}
}
Please note:
No loops
Input validation
CTAD
No function needed, everthing can be done with one statemennt

My program stops with no errror, what did I do wrong?

I have no idea why, but my code just stops at the 2nd for loop in the cin line, if it loops more than 1 time.
Can you help me?
This is my code:
#include <iostream>//Julianne
using namespace std;
int main(){
int a;
cin >> a;
int bezorgen[a];
int afhalen[a];
for (int i = 0; i < a; i++){
cin >> bezorgen[i];
}
for (int j = 0; j < a; j++){
cin >> afhalen[j];
}
return 0;
}
P.S. Sorry for my grammar mistakes.
C++'s declaration
int name[N] is only valid when N is constant. For dynamic sized array (which is in your case dynamic, cause array size comes from user input) you can use:
C++ std::vector<int>
int *name = new int[a]
First one is the list, not an array. So you need to .push_back elements before they can be accesed.
Second one is an array, and accessed just like common array. Be careful with that, because you need to free memory when it's not needed anymore, call delete [] name; at the end of your program for every new type[size] you've done.

How do you build an array with certain elements from another array in C++?

Given a one-dimensional array with n integers and a whole number A,
list how many elements are larger than A
and build an array with these elements.
I'm having problems with the last part.
The answer is almost already in the question
(giving it here, assuming that the question is really as simple as it confusingly seems to me):
count the relevant elements, print/"list" that number
create a new std::array of that size
(consider asking whether using a std::vector is an option, it would allow doing this in a single pass)
(explicitly do NOT attempt to use the non-C++ construct of C-style VLA, variable length arrays, like std::cin>>n; int NewArray[n];)
go through the input array again and copy the relevant elements to the new array
count indexes in both arrays separatly, because the index in the first array will soon be larger than the index into the new array
Note:
I intentionally do NOT provide code, because I feel that the compromise described here should be applied: How do I ask and answer homework questions?
First you have to create two arrays (if you can use std::vectors, i think they will work nicely in this scenario) - first one as a base, and the second one for storing values larger than A.
Get input of A and n.
Use a for loop to put n values into the base array.
Use a for loop to check if baseArray[i] is bigger than A, if true - put baseArray[i] into the second array (if youre using std::vectors do it by push_back()).
Display the number of values higher than A by secondArray.size().
Without using the std::vector:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n;
int A;
int howManyBiggerThanA = 0;
cin >> n;
cin >> A; //you haven't specified how the n and A are supposed to be implemented so ill assume its going to happen this way
int *array = new int[n]; //creating an array with n integers
array[0] = A; //assigning A to the array as specified in the question - "and a whole number A"
for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
{
array[i] = i; //filling the array with n integers of value 1 to n-1 (u havent specified what values are supposed to be inside this array)
}
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
if (array[i] > A)
{
howManyBiggerThanA++; //determining how many values are bigger than A
}
}
int *arrayForBiggerThanA = new int[howManyBiggerThanA]; //creating an array for values that are bigger than A
int assistant = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
if (array[i] > A)
{
arrayForBiggerThanA[assistant] = array[i]; //filling the second array with elements that are bigger than A
assistant++;
}
}
cout << "How many elements bigger than A: " << howManyBiggerThanA << endl;
cout << "Values bigger than A: ";
for (int i = 0; i < howManyBiggerThanA; i++)
cout << arrayForBiggerThanA[i] << ", ";
delete[] array;
delete[] arrayForBiggerThanA;
return 0;
}

How to free dynamically allocated vector?

I tried to create vector of vector int, and I confused how do i free the dynamically allocated vector after.
The following is my code:
vector<int> *j;
vector< vector<int> > i; //vector of vector<int>
int c; //offset of the number
cin.ignore();
for(int count = 0; count < cas; count++ )
{
c = 0;
char line[1000];
j = new vector<int>;
cin.getline(line, 1000);
//tokenize the input string which separate by space “ ”
char *p = strtok(line, " ");
while(p != NULL)
{
n[c] = string(p);
c++;
p = strtok(NULL, " ");
}
//convert the string input to integer for further calculation
for(int m = 0; m < c; m++)
{
(*j).push_back(atoi(n[m].c_str()));
}
i.push_back(*j);
}
//this is the way i try to free the allocated vector, and i get segmentation fault for this
j = &i[0];
delete [] j;
You don't need any pointers or new or delete. These are advanced concepts that have no place in this simple program.
vector<vector<int>> i;
for (...) {
vector<int> j;
// fill up j
i.push_back(j);
}
Remember, a vector of vectors is not conceptually different from a vector of ints. You don't start new'ing and delete'ing ints when you need to fill up a vector<int>. Nor do you need to do so for any X when you work with a vector<X>.
The
i.push_back(*j);
does't push the pointer; it makes a copy of the vector.
As soon as you've done that, you can
delete j;
there and then.
(Of course if you change i to store pointers, the story will be completely different.)