Easy way to plot and display arrays?

[sk366]

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

[Ankheg]

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?

[Lindley]

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.

[sk366]

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.

[sk366]

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!!

[Lindley]

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.

[sk366]

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