Storing Array in Array ?

[feezul93]

Im a new learner and yet, I have to create a big (I guess) program.
for this part, the idea is to show a table, and I manage to create it somehow it took a lot of space (lines) and it isn't convenient at all, so I try to create the table by using loop.

However, this is where all the trouble appear I don't know how change an array within a loop, this is my coding

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std ;
using namespace System ;

void userInterface() ;

int main ()
{
	userInterface() ;
	system ("pause") ;
	return 0 ;
}

void userInterface()
{	
	string topBar[] = {"-BRAND-","-MODEL-","-FREQUENCY-","-CORE-","-THREAD-","-PRICE-"} ;
	string gCard1[] = {"INTEL","Dualcore G630","2.70","2","2","164"} ;
	string gCard2[] = {"Ivybridge","Xeon E3-1245V2","3.40","4","8","865"} ;
	string gCard3[] = {"Ivybridge","Core i3 - 3220","3.30","2","4","359"} ;
	string gCard4[] = {"Ivybridge","Core i5 - 3570","3.40","4","4","564"} ;
	string gCard5[] = {"Ivybridge","Core i7 - 3770","3.40","4","8","889"} ;
	int gCardNull[99] = {topBar[],gCard1[],gCard2[],gCard3[],gCard4[],gCard5[]} ;
	int i, j ;
	int x ;

	for (i=0 ; i<6 ; i++)
	{
		if(i==1)
		{
			cout.width(25) ;
			x = 18 ;
		}
		else
		{
			cout.width(15) ;
			x = 12 ;
		}
		cout<< setiosflags( ios::left )
			<< setw(x) ;

			for (j=0 ; j<6 ; j++)
			{
				cout << gCardNull[j] ;
			}
	}
	cout << endl ;
}

and this is actually what I want to create, but this 1 is too long

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std ;
using namespace System ;

void userInterface() ;

int main ()
{
	userInterface() ;
	system ("pause") ;
	return 0 ;
}

void userInterface()
{	
	string topBar[] = {"-BRAND-","-MODEL-","-FREQUENCY-","-CORE-","-THREAD-","-PRICE-"} ;
	string gCard1[] = {"INTEL","Dualcore G630","2.70","2","2","164"} ;
	string gCard2[] = {"Ivybridge","Xeon E3-1245V2","3.40","4","8","865"} ;
	string gCard3[] = {"Ivybridge","Core i3 - 3220","3.30","2","4","359"} ;
	string gCard4[] = {"Ivybridge","Core i5 - 3570","3.40","4","4","564"} ;
	string gCard5[] = {"Ivybridge","Core i7 - 3770","3.40","4","8","889"} ;
	int i ;
	int x ;

	for (i=0 ; i<6 ; i++)
	{
		if(i==1)
		{
			cout.width(25) ;
			x = 18 ;
		}
		else
		{
			cout.width(15) ;
			x = 12 ;
		}
		cout<< setiosflags( ios::left )
			<< setw(x) << topBar[i] ;
	}
	cout << endl ;

	for (i=0 ; i<6 ; i++)
	{
		if(i==1)
		{
			cout.width(25) ;
			x = 18 ;
		}
		else
		{
			cout.width(15) ;
			x = 12 ;
		}
		cout<< setiosflags( ios::left )
			<< setw(x) << gCard1[i] ;
	}
	cout << endl ;

	for (i=0 ; i<6 ; i++)
	{
		if(i==1)
		{
			cout.width(25) ;
			x = 18 ;
		}
		else
		{
			cout.width(15) ;
			x = 12 ;
		}
		cout<< setiosflags( ios::left )
			<< setw(x) << gCard2[i] ;
	}
	cout << endl ;

	for (i=0 ; i<6 ; i++)
	{
		if(i==1)
		{
			cout.width(25) ;
			x = 18 ;
		}
		else
		{
			cout.width(15) ;
			x = 12 ;
		}
		cout<< setiosflags( ios::left )
			<< setw(x) << gCard3[i] ;
	}
	cout << endl ;

	for (i=0 ; i<6 ; i++)
	{
		if(i==1)
		{
			cout.width(25) ;
			x = 18 ;
		}
		else
		{
			cout.width(15) ;
			x = 12 ;
		}
		cout<< setiosflags( ios::left )
			<< setw(x) << gCard4[i] ;
	}
	cout << endl ;

	for (i=0 ; i<6 ; i++)
	{
		if(i==1)
		{
			cout.width(25) ;
			x = 18 ;
		}
		else
		{
			cout.width(15) ;
			x = 12 ;
		}
		cout<< setiosflags( ios::left )
			<< setw(x) << gCard5[i] ;
	}
	cout << endl ;

}

[Stewbond]

THis is a great place to introduce structures:

struct Card 
{
  string brand;
  string model;
  float frequency;
  int core;
  int thread;
  float price;
}

Then you can define your inventory like so:

string topBar[] = {"-BRAND-","-MODEL-","-FREQUENCY-","-CORE-","-THREAD-","-PRICE-"} ;

Card inventory[] = 
{
  {"INTEL"     ,"Dualcore G630"   ,2.70f,2,2,164.00f},
  {"Ivybridge","Xeon E3-1245V2",3.40f,4,8,865.00f},
  {"Ivybridge","Core i3 - 3220"   ,3.30f,2,4,359.00f},
  {"Ivybridge","Core i5 - 3570"   ,3.40f,4,4,564.00f},
  {"Ivybridge","Core i7 - 3770"   ,3.40f,4,8,889.00f}
};

Then to sort it make your own function like this to detemine which comes first:

bool SortByCores(Card& a, Card& b)
{
  return (a.core < b.core);
}

And this is how to sort! (#include <algorithm>)
std::sort ( inventory, inventory + 5, SortByCores);

[Stewbond]

But to answer your question directly, you can do this:

	string topBar[] = {"-BRAND-","-MODEL-","-FREQUENCY-","-CORE-","-THREAD-","-PRICE-"} ;
	string gCard1[] = {"INTEL","Dualcore G630","2.70","2","2","164"} ;
	string gCard2[] = {"Ivybridge","Xeon E3-1245V2","3.40","4","8","865"} ;
	string gCard3[] = {"Ivybridge","Core i3 - 3220","3.30","2","4","359"} ;
	string gCard4[] = {"Ivybridge","Core i5 - 3570","3.40","4","4","564"} ;
	string gCard5[] = {"Ivybridge","Core i7 - 3770","3.40","4","8","889"} ;
	string* gCardNull[] = {topBar,gCard1,gCard2,gCard3,gCard4,gCard5} ;

[feezul93]

Thanks Stewbond, at least I understand the concept that array can be placed inside another array, but referring to your reply above, actually, I learnt C++ around 2+ months and we need to come out with some kind of program, and we haven't learnt the part & like u use above

these are the topics we had covered
-basic (syntax, keywords bla bla bla ...)
-loop
-function & prototype
-array (multi dimensional)

but, I did some researches and try to learn new stuff even though it haven't be taught yet

if I want to display something in table, which 1 is better ?
using basic cout n type everything there or using this method ? because I want to save it at certain element