Multidimensional Array Dynamically Allocated

To release the memory use free(pArray);

Iwas able to use your code and get it to work.  I do have some questions on the theory behind this.

It would appear as if this is a single dimensional array.  I say this because all the memory is accesses sequentially, but isnt that a property of a multidimensional array.  

I was wondering if you could break down the malloc statement for me..


    pArray = (int*)malloc(sizeof(int)*COLUMNS*Rows);

I am allocating the size of int * Columns * rows which allocates Columns * rows of integers that pArray points to.  Why did you type cast malloc as (int *) is this because it is a pointer to begin with?


Thanks

Well, the multidimensional arrays are just an abstraction, because the computer memory is linear (one dimension). The programming languages provide means to work with MD arrays, but in fact their representation is linear. Since you don't know the size of the dimensions, you should simulate what the compiler does for you.
You're correct about the malloc statement.
Your 2D array actually is a sequence of Rows single dimensional arrays of size COLUMNS. If you want to access row i and column j, you need first to reach the first item of i-th 1D array using COLUMNS*i, and then you have to point to the j-th item in that array, adding j.