![ The element at ith row, jth column can be
accessed using
a[i][j].
To access the value 7, we have to use
a[1][2].
a[1][2].](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/13-210511045952/75/13-Pointer-and-2D-array-4-2048.jpg)
![ Let us see how pointer is used to access the 2-D
array.
As we know, name of the array gives the base
address of the array i.e., address of a[0][0].
To access a[i][j] using base pointer of the array,
To access a[i][j] using base pointer of the array,
we can use the following generalized form:](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/13-210511045952/75/13-Pointer-and-2D-array-5-2048.jpg)
![ Consider a two dimensional array mat[ROWS] [COLS]
where ROWS and COLS are some integer value.
We can use any one of the following two notations to
access the two dimensional array.
The first int mat[][COLS] is general array notation.
Whereas int (*mat)[COLS] is a pointer to array.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/13-210511045952/75/13-Pointer-and-2D-array-9-2048.jpg)
![ The element at ith row, jth column can be
accessed using
a[i][j].
To access the value 7, we have to use
a[1][2].
a[1][2].](https://crownmelresort.com/image.slidesharecdn.com/13-210511045952/75/13-Pointer-and-2D-array-4-2048.jpg)
![ Let us see how pointer is used to access the 2-D
array.
As we know, name of the array gives the base
address of the array i.e., address of a[0][0].
To access a[i][j] using base pointer of the array,
To access a[i][j] using base pointer of the array,
we can use the following generalized form:](https://crownmelresort.com/image.slidesharecdn.com/13-210511045952/75/13-Pointer-and-2D-array-5-2048.jpg)
![ Consider a two dimensional array mat[ROWS] [COLS]
where ROWS and COLS are some integer value.
We can use any one of the following two notations to
access the two dimensional array.
The first int mat[][COLS] is general array notation.
Whereas int (*mat)[COLS] is a pointer to array.](https://crownmelresort.com/image.slidesharecdn.com/13-210511045952/75/13-Pointer-and-2D-array-9-2048.jpg)
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13. Pointer and 2D array
A two dimensional array can be accessed using two subscripts, with the first representing the row number and the second representing the column number. Elements are stored in memory row by row. A 2D array can be viewed as a collection of 1D arrays, with each row representing an array of the second dimension size. The base address of the 2D array points to the first element at index [0][0], and any element can be accessed using the generalized form of base_pointer[i][j].
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