Accessing Elements in an mdspan

To access individual elements in a multidimensional span (std::mdspan), you can use the [] operator with multiple indices, one for each dimension.

For example, let's say we have a 2D mdspan called matrix with dimensions 3x4. Here's how we can access its elements:

1#include <mdspan>
2#include <iostream>
3
4int main() {
5  std::array<int, 12> arr{
6    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12};
7
8  std::mdspan<int, std::extents<
9    std::size_t, 3, 4>> matrix{arr.data()};
10
11  // Accessing elements
12  std::cout << "Element at (0, 0): "
13    << matrix[0, 0] << "\n";
14  std::cout << "Element at (1, 2): "
15    << matrix[1, 2] << "\n";
16  std::cout << "Element at (2, 3): "
17    << matrix[2, 3] << "\n";
18}

1Element at (0, 0): 1
2Element at (1, 2): 7
3Element at (2, 3): 12

The first index represents the row, and the second index represents the column. So, matrix[0, 0] accesses the element at the first row and first column, matrix[1, 2] accesses the element at the second row and third column, and so on.

Remember that the indices start at 0 for each dimension. Also, make sure to provide the correct number of indices matching the rank (number of dimensions) of the mdspan.