Array of objects with vector as class member

Question

I have an array of objects that have a vector as a class member (actually it is a struct). The struct is:

struct Cell {
  vector<int> borderNodes;
  vector<int> helperNodes;

  int minNodePointer;
  int maxNodePointer;


  Cell() {
    minNodePointer = -1;
    maxNodePointer = -1;
  }

  Cell(int _minNodePointer, int _maxNodePointer) {
    minNodePointer = _minNodePointer;
    maxNodePointer = _maxNodePointer;
  }

  vector<int>& getHelperNodes() {
    return helperNodes;
  }

  vector<int>& getBorderNodes()  {
    return borderNodes;
  }

  void setHelperNodesArray() {
    sort(helperNodes.begin(), helperNodes.end());
  }

  void setBorderNodesArray() {
    sort(borderNodes.begin(), borderNodes.end());
  }
};

I have built an array of those objects as a global variable with :

Cell* cells = new Cell[maxNumberOfCells];

and I want to add some integers to the vectors inside the objects.

I tried this (inside a function):

cells[cellId].borderNodes.push_back(node_id);

or

cells[cellId].getBorderNodes().push_back(node_id);

and they compile fine, but nothing is added to the vector. How is the correct way to do this? Here is the function that reads from a db, and adds the integers. The query and reading from db is correct, so no mistakes there.

void loadBorderNodesPerCellBnOnly(bool shouldRearrangeNodes, int subtractor, int maxNumberOfCells, int** cellBorderNodes) {
    cellBorderNodes = new int*[maxNumberOfCells];
    try {
        work W(Conn);
        for (int rownum = 0; rownum < r.size(); ++rownum) {
            const result::tuple row = r[rownum];

            vector<string> s = split(row[1].as<string > (), ' ');
            const int mySize = s.size();
            int cellId = row[0].as<int> ();
            cellBorderNodes[cellId] = new int[mySize];
            for (int k = 0; k < mySize; k++) {
                int node_id = atoi(s[k].c_str());
                cellBorderNodes[cellId][k] = node_id;
                (cells[cellId].getBorderNodes()).push_back(node_id);
                try {
                    nodes[node_id - subtractor].cellId = cellId;
                } catch (const std::exception &e) {
                    std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
                }
                nodes[node_id - subtractor].isBorderNode = true;
            }
            s.clear();
        }
    } catch (const std::exception &e) {
        std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
    }


    for (int k = 0; k < maxNumberOfCells; k++) {
        cout << k << ": " << cells[k].borderNodes.size() << endl;
        cells[k].setBorderNodesArray();
        if (maxBorderNodesPerCell < cells[k].borderNodes.size()) {
            maxBorderNodesPerCell = cells[k].borderNodes.size();
        }
    }
}

for (int k = 0; k < maxNumberOfCells; k++) { cout << k << ": " << cells[k].borderNodes.size() << endl; } — Alexandros
– Alexandros, Commented Feb 1, 2013 at 22:54
@AlexandrosE. Can you add to your question the function in which you attempt to do the push_back and then output the sizes? — Joseph Mansfield
– Joseph Mansfield, Commented Feb 1, 2013 at 22:56

David Rodríguez - dribeas · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-01 23:09:10Z

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void loadBorderNodesPerCellBnOnly([...], int** cellBorderNodes) {
    cellBorderNodes = new int*[maxNumberOfCells];

The function above takes an int** by value. The copy is called cellBorderNodes inside the function. In the next line you change the value of the copy and continue updating that. None of those changes will be visible outside of the function. (And you will leak the acquired memory)

If you want to pass an int** and modify it inside the function, consider passing it by reference as in int**&. But you might be better off using higher level constructs (pass a vector<vector<int>>&, create a type that represents the data and pass it by value...)

answered Feb 1, 2013 at 23:09

David Rodríguez - dribeas

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Alexandros Over a year ago

You are correct but my problem is not with cellBorderNodes, is with the cells array. I will fix it but my problem still remains

Alexandros Over a year ago

The problem was the delimiter used for splitting the string in the db. So now my code works. Thanks everyone for your help

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