template; Point<2, double>; Point<3, double>

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Published on 2010-05-06T07:08:10Z Indexed on 2010/05/06 7:18 UTC
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Hi,
I want to create my own Point struct it is only for purposes of learning C++.
I have the following code:

template <int dims, typename T>
struct Point {
    T X[dims];
    Point(){}
    Point( T X0, T X1 ) {
        X[0] = X0;
        X[1] = X1;
    }
    Point( T X0, T X1, T X2 ) {
        X[0] = X0;
        X[1] = X1;
        X[2] = X2;
    }
    Point<dims, int> toint() {
        //how to distinguish between 2D and 3D ???
        Point<dims, int> ret = Point<dims, int>( (int)X[0], (int)X[1]);
        return ret;
    }
    std::string str(){
        //how to distinguish between 2D and 3D ???
        std::stringstream s;
        s << "{ X0: " << X[0] << " | X1: " <<  X[1] << " }";
        return s.str();
    }
};
int main(void) {

    Point<2, double> p2d = Point<2, double>( 12.3, 45.6 );
    Point<3, double> p3d = Point<3, double>( 12.3, 45.6, 78.9 );

    Point<2, int> p2i = p2d.toint(); //OK
    Point<3, int> p3i = p3d.toint(); //m???

    std::cout << p2d.str() << std::endl; //OK
    std::cout << p3d.str() << std::endl; //m???
    std::cout << p2i.str() << std::endl; //m???
    std::cout << p3i.str() << std::endl; //m???

    char c; std::cin >> c;
    return 0;
}

of couse until now the output is not what I want. my questions is: how to take care of the dimensions of the Point (2D or 3D) in member functions of the Point?

many thanks in advance
Oops

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