Assorted questions

[kaseron]

1: How do you define multi-dimensional arrays? I thought it was like this:

int array[3][3]={1,2,3}
                {4,5,6}
                {7,8,9};

but that gives me an error where it says it needs a semicolon before the next braces.

2. How do you clear the screen without using system()?

3. Is it possible to get Windows message boxes into a console application if I include windows.h?

4. What are the ASCII values for the different arrow keys? Or if you could give me a link to a place where I could find all of them, I would appreciate it. (or if I can operate with windows and use the message loop, please tell me.)

5. If I am including .cpp files in a main project and not actually compiling them as stand-alone programs, do I need them to have a main() function?

Thanks in advance.

[Dash]

1)

int array[3][3] = {
{1,2,3},
{4,5,6},
{7,8,9}
};

2)http://www.cplusplus.com/articles/4z18T05o/

3)Not sure what you mean.

4)I think it's different depending on your OS.

5)Only one main() function per program.

[kaseron]

3) I mean that I am compiling a console application, and I want it to have message boxes that pop up when the user left clicks, right clicks, or breaks the program's rules. The program I am writing really needs to be a console app, though, because the number of renders that would be required would murder my poor netbook.

[chipp]

3) I mean that I am compiling a console application, and I want it to have message boxes that pop up when the user left clicks, right clicks, or breaks the program's rules. The program I am writing really needs to be a console app, though, because the number of renders that would be required would murder my poor netbook.

as far as i know (and as far as i understand your question), yes. simply use the windows.h header, and you can use MessageBox()

[Athar]

3) Yes.
4) There is no ASCII value, but they have keycodes:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd375731%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

This should be in the "Windows programming" subforum.

[kaseron]

This is not a Windows program, despite the use of windows.h

Thanks for your help.

[samrux]

1) You have to separate the numbers enclosed in {}s using ","s too:

int Example[3][3]={
    {3,1,2},
    {8,7,9},
    {6,5,4},
}

2) The most simple ways are clrscr() from conio.h, and the standard system("cls") (wich is bad, but i still use it because clrscr does'nt works for me...).

3)What chipp said before, MessageBox().

4)For Windows:
Up arrow key: 72
Down arrow key: 80
Right arrow key: 77
Left arrow key: 75
Enter key: 13
Backspace key: 8

5)A program can only have 1 main function.

[Athar]

This is not a Windows program, despite the use of windows.h

Bit of a contradiction, isn't it? Unless you're using something like winelib (and even then it would belong into Windows programming).

@samrux:
The values you listed for the arrow keys are letters, both for ASCII and keycodes.

[samrux]

Well, for me it works perfectly when using getch()