# IBM Visualization Data Explorer Programmer's Reference

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### DXArrayConvert, DXArrayConvertV

Function Creates a new Array of specified type, category, rank, and shape from an existing Array.

Syntax

    #include <dx/dx.h>
    Array DXArrayConvert(Array a, Type t, Category c, int rank, ...)
    Array DXArrayConvertV(Array a, Type t, Category c, int rank, int *shape)

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Functional Details The routine copies Array `a` and converts it to type `t`, category `c`, rank `rank`, and a specified shape. (The new Array can be deleted with DXDelete. See 4.2 , "Memory Management".)

Conversion requires that the parameters of the newly created Array be compatible with those of the Array from which it was copied. For example, the new `rank` and `shape` are compatible with the rank and shape of `a` if they differ only by dimensions that have a shape of `1`. Thus an Array of `1` × `n` matrices can be converted to an Array of vectors. Table 2 and Table 3 summarize the convertibility of the different types and categories.

Table 2. Summary of Type Conversions

| Byte | Unsigned Byte | Short | Unsigned Short | Int | Unsigned Int | Float | Double
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
`Byte` | A | CNS | A | CNS | A | CNS | A | A
`Unsigned Byte` | CNS | A | A | A | A | A | A | A
`Short` | CNS | CNS | A | CNS | A | CNS | A | A
`Unsigned Short` | CNS | CNS | CNS | A | A | A | A | A
`Int` | CNS | CNS | CNS | CNS | A | CNS | A | A
`Unsigned Int` | CNS | CNS | CNS | CNS | CNS | A | A | A
`Float` | CNS | CNS | CNS | CNS | CNS | CNS | A | A
`Double` | CNS | CNS | CNS | CNS | CNS | CNS | CNS | A
Notes: CNS = Conversion not supported A = ANSI 'C' type-conversion semantics

Table 3. Summary of Category Conversions

| Real | Complex
--- | --- | ---
`Real` | Conversion | Conversion
`Complex` | CNS | Conversion
Notes: CNS = Conversion not supported Real->Complex: a -> a + 0i

Return Value Returns a new Array or returns `NULL` and sets an error code.

See Also `DXExtractFloat, DXExtractInteger, DXExtractNthString, DXExtractParameter, DXExtractString, DXQueryArrayCommon, DXQueryArrayCommonV, DXQueryArrayConvert, DXQueryArrayConvertV, DXQueryParameter`

12.8 , "Extracting Module Parameters".

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