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[https://shendrick.net/Coding%20Tips/2015/03/15/cpparrayvsvector.html array vs vector]<br> | [https://shendrick.net/Coding%20Tips/2015/03/15/cpparrayvsvector.html array vs vector]<br> | ||
If you need a | If you need a statically allocated array, you can use <code>std::array</code> in the <code>array</code> header.<br> | ||
This wrapper around C-style arrays gives us size information and allows the array to be passed around by reference while keeping the array on the stack unlike <code>std::vector</code>.<br> | This wrapper around C-style arrays gives us size information and allows the array to be passed around by reference while keeping the array on the stack unlike <code>std::vector</code>.<br> | ||
If you want to allocate | If you want to manually allocate an array on the heap, you can do so as follows: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="C++"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="C++"> | ||
auto my_arr = std::make_shared<std::array<char,64>>(); | auto my_arr = std::make_shared<std::array<char,64>>(); | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
====std::vector==== | ====std::vector==== | ||