>> matrix = [1 2 3;4 5 6;7 8 9;10 11 1]

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{

string imatrix;
int n = 0;

cout<<"Matrix: ";
getline(cin,imatrix);

const int dim = imatrix.length();
char im[dim];

for(int i=0; i<dim; i++)
    im[i]=imatrix.at(i);

int rows = 1;
int col = 0;

for(int j=0; j<dim; j++)
{
    if(im[j] == ';')
        rows += 1;
    if(im[j] != '[' && im[j] != ' ' && rows == 1 )
        col += 1;
}

int matrix[rows][col];
int strip[rows*col];
int temp;

/*
This is the part were I am stuck. I need to somehow create the strip
array.

I tried this:

for(int m = 0; m<dim; i++)
{
    if(im[m]=='[' || im[m] == ' ' || im[m] == ';')
        continue;
    else
    {
       temp = im[m]; //temporarily save the digit just found

        //Checking if there are numbers on positions after the one found
        for(int t = m; t<dim, t++)
        {
            if(im[t]!='[' && im[m] != ' ' || im[t] != ';')
            {
                //save the digits found

            }
            else
            {
                //save temp followed by the digits found, into position (i) in the array strip.
                index = t;
                break;
            }
        }

    }
    m = index; // make the loop begin from m
}


*/


for(int k=0; k<rows; k++)
{
    for(int s=0; s<col; s++)
    {

        matrix[k][s] = strip[n];
        n += 1;
    }
}

system("PAUSE");
}