Multidimensional Arrays

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1

Hey guys,
I've built a 555 LED cube, and am trying to write code to control it.
Right now, my code goes:

int values[151] = 
{
  0,
  1,0,0,0,1,
  0,1,0,1,0,
  0,0,1,0,0,
  0,1,0,1,0,
  1,0,0,0,1,
  //End of first layer.
  1,0,0,0,1,
  0,1,0,1,0,
  0,0,1,0,0,
  0,1,0,1,0,
  1,0,0,0,1,
  //end of second layer
  1,0,0,0,1,
  0,1,0,1,0,
  0,0,1,0,0,
  0,1,0,1,0,
  1,0,0,0,1,
  //end of third layer
  1,0,0,0,1,
  0,1,0,1,0,
  0,0,1,0,0,
  0,1,0,1,0,
  1,0,0,0,1,
  //end of fourth layer
  1,0,0,0,1,
  0,1,0,1,0,
  0,0,1,0,0,
  0,1,0,1,0,
  1,0,0,0,1,
  //end of fifth layer
  1,0,0,0,1,
  0,1,0,1,0,
  0,0,1,0,0,
  0,1,0,1,0,
  1,0,0,0,1
};

void setup()
{

  for (int i=21; i <= 52; i++)
  {
    pinMode(i,OUTPUT);
  }
}



void loop()
{

  for (int z = 0; z<=5; z++)
  {


    for (int i = 48; i <=52; i++)
    {
      digitalWrite(i,HIGH);
    }
    digitalWrite(47+z,LOW);


    for (int i=0; i <= 25; i++)
    {

      if (values[i+z*25]== 1)
      {
        digitalWrite(i+21,HIGH);


      }
      if (values[i+z*25]==0)
      {
        digitalWrite(i+21,LOW);

      }

    }
    delay(1);



  }
}

Basically, it loads a huge array of on/off values, then uses them to control the LED's.

I want to modify the code to take animations, but I keep getting errors - help?

2

but I keep getting errors

If you don't say what errors it will be difficult to help :wink:

3

int values[151] defines 6 layers for a 5x5x5 cube why?

Why don't you define the array itself multidimensional:
int values[5][5][5]; // uses 250 bytes

as you only store one bit in every int better make the type uint8_t (byte)
uint8_t values[5][5][5] ; // uses 125 bytes

or even use one byte as an array [0..7]
uint8_t values[5][5]; // uses 25 bytes

OK, you need bitoperators to get/set but these are available - http://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/BitSet

4

It'd be helpful to look in playground first:
http://arduino.cc/playground/Main/InterfacingWithHardware#Output
"cube"