Hi all,

after downloading basic cygwin and adding in gcc, make, etc, I have been able to (error-free) make Blitz. Very impressive! A bit of jiggling in Dev-C++ and it is a useable tool already. Well done and thanks.

All the docs and examples use
using namespace blitz;

As I am (trying to) use blitz as part of a larger multi-class project i do not want to use namespace blitz, rather i would prefer to use a constructor to create instances of Array or whatever that I can use in main or from any other class, especially if i actually create arrays in a class functiuon outside of main. What is the syntax for doing this? My best guesses do not work, an example guess that may clarify what i am trying to do is below. I would appreciate edits / comments on the basic example below from anyone who can show me how to do this.

Thanks, Ben.
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// main()
using namespace std;

#include "Data.h"
#include "blitz/array.h"

Data *myData;
Array myArray; //or use Blitz::Array myArray; or blitz myBlitz;, something... need help here

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){

Data::initializeArrays();

cout << "Array test2D = " << myArray.test2D << endl;//access an array created
// within another class

return(0);
}
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// Data.cpp
#include "Data.h"
#include "blitz/array.h"

int initializeArrays(){
   int nx=ny = 3;
   blitz::Array<double,2> test2D(nx,ny);//made the array here,
                       // but want to access it from main() or elsewhere
   test2D = 0.0;
   return(0);
}
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//     Data.h
#include "blitz/array.h"

class Data{
public:
Data(Params *myParams);//constructor
~Data();//destructor

int initializeArrays();
};