C++ 2D vector - Convert int to double

Question

What is a good way to convert vector<vector<int>> vint to vector<vector<double>>vdouble?

I know from C++ convert vector<int> to vector<double> that this can be done for 1-D but I am not too sure how to do it for 2-d case.

Answer 1

Here's a pretty simple solution which uses emplace_back and the vector range constructor:

std::vector<std::vector<int>> intvec;
//intvec filled somehow

std::vector<std::vector<double>> doublevec;
doublevec.reserve(intvec.size());
for (auto&& v : intvec) doublevec.emplace_back(std::begin(v), std::end(v));

Answer 2

The naive solution is to use two loops, one nested inside the other, preferably range-based for loops.

You could also use e.g. std::transform with a lambda expression that in turn also calls std::transform on the nested vector, which does the actual conversion.

If you use std::transform remember to set the size of the destination vector, or use e.g. std::back_inserter.

Answer 3

#include <iostream>                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>

double castToDouble(int v) {
    return static_cast<double>(v);
}

int main() {
    std::vector<std::vector<int>> intv;
    std::vector<std::vector<double>> doublev;

    std::transform(intv.begin(), intv.end(), std::back_inserter(doublev), [](const std::vector<int> &iv) {
        std::vector<double> dv;
        std::transform(iv.begin(), iv.end(), std::back_inserter(dv), &castToDouble);
        return dv;
    });

    return 0;
}

Answer 4

A simple way is with std::transform and the range constructor of std::vector. If you're using back_inserter, you should reserve() some capacity to avoid repeated reallocations.

Live example: http://coliru.stacked-crooked.com/a/84ef0e3d6572792a

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <vector>

int main()
{
    std::vector<std::vector<int>> vvi = {{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}, {7, 8, 9}};
    std::vector<std::vector<double>> vvd;
    vvd.reserve(vvi.size());

    std::transform(begin(vvi), end(vvi), std::back_inserter(vvd),
                   [](const std::vector<int>& vi) {
                       return std::vector<double>(begin(vi), end(vi));
                   });

    // Output the destination container for verification:
    for_each(begin(vvd), end(vvd), [](const std::vector<double>& vd){
        std::copy(begin(vd), end(vd), std::ostream_iterator<double>(std::cout, " "));
        std::cout << "\n";});
}