Thread: Trouble passing char/pointer array

I am stumped on a particular problem involing a recursive binary search. Particularly, I am not sure on how to pass the alotted variables, char/pointer. Every time I try something different I just get more errors. I need some assistance on figuring out how to pass these variables and make them usable. The code I have currently is as follows:

Code:

// Binary Search, Recursive Implementation

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


int binarySearch(char *names, char nameInput, int leftIndex, int rightIndex){
    while(leftIndex <= rightIndex){
		int middleIndex = (leftIndex + rightIndex) / 2;
        if (strcmp(searchKey, names[middleIndex]) == 0){
            return middleIndex;
        } else if(strcmp(searchKey, names[middleIndex]) < 0){
            rightIndex = middleIndex - 1;
            binarySearch();
        } else {
            leftIndex = middleIndex + 1;
            binarySearch();
        }
    }
    return -1;
}

int main() {
	char *names[] = {"Carl", "George", "Hellen", "John", "Kevin", "Mary",
    "Rachel", "Ralph", "Steve", "Susan", "Timothy", "Zero"};
	char nameInput[64];
	int leftIndex=0;
	int rightIndex=12

	cout << "Name Search Engine" << endl;
	cout << "Enter Quit to terminate the program" << endl << endl;

    while(1) {
	cout << "Enter a name: ";
        cin.getline(nameInput,64);

	if (strcmp(nameInput,"Quit") == 0) {
		cout << "End of program" << endl;
		break;
	} else if(strcmp(nameInput,names[5])) {
		cout << "Mary is found at index 5" << endl << endl;
	}
	binarySearch(*names, nameInput, leftIndex, rightIndex);
    }

	return 0;
}