Easy way to plot and display arrays?

Hello:

First post here. Using C in Visual Studio 2008. Can work with VS 2005 if necessary.

1. How do I display numerical data in arrays as in a spreadsheet?
2. How do I plot numerical data in arrays?

These seem to be simple questions. But I cannot find solutions. So far, I would print the data to a file, import into Excel and view/plot. However, with this code there are too many arrays--so the print/import/plot is tiring.
Some constraints.
1. I do not want to write 20+ lines of code to do the above. MATFOR or Array Visualizer let you do the plotting with a one line function call.
2. They cannot display the data in a convenient format. I would like to display the data and the plot in one or two windows so that they are visible simultaneously.
3. This is a win32 console application---all the code is portable.
4. Will be using these during debugging.
5. Free or paid.

I am also open to a solution that outputs the array data to an Excel sheet (can keep Excel open) and if it can also plot that can be great but I can live without plotting.

Best

I'm not sure if this is good enough, but have you tried using a memory window?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.80%29.aspx

Basically go: Debug->Windows->Memory->Memory 1

Then paste a pointer into the address bar, and right click on the window to see some display options.

Does that help?

OpenCV comes with some drawing tools and the highgui library to easily create a window and display the plot. You might be able to put something together with that, but it will take at least 20 lines of code.

Ankheg, Lindley: Thanks for your suggestions. But they will not serve my purpose.

I need something that will output arrays and a plot; both visible simultaneously--without too much work---defined as a couple of lines of code.

Think of a spreadsheet with columns of data and a plot next to it.
That's what I am looking for but without having to go thru the print, import into excel, plot cycle a few hundred times!!

Well, a quick Google brings up this possibility:
http://www.advsofteng.com/cdcpp.html

What you're asking for is extremely specific, though, and I have my doubts that you'll find exactly what you want without some code effort.

Lindley:

While I am looking for something specific, the requirements are the same for any one doing numerical work with arrays and matrices--displaying data and plot simultaneously.
I am hoping that a such a tool has been written and is available.

Best