Store 2d array information in an integer?

[DrChill]

I want to make an integer store the location of my array, something like this:

string collection[3][3] = {
		{"b","b","b"},
		{"b","b","b"},
		{"b","b","b"}
	};
	
	int topLeft = [1][1];
        collection topLeft = "a"//this should change collection to "a"
        //or alternatively
        int topLeft = collection[1][1];
        topLeft = "a"//this should change collection to "a" 

I just want it to point to the array so I can access with ease.
Or if you could do this in a class that would work too, I saw something like it a while back but can't remember where ...

[Bazzy]

The first method can be made with a macro - not good -

#define topLeft [1][1]
collection topLeft = "a";

The second with a pointer to string:

string *topLeft = &collection[1][1];
*topLeft = "a";

These will modify the element at position 1,1

[DrChill]

Thank you, I probably should have learned this a while ago ...