Thread: error: cannot convert 'std::string' to 'std::string*' in assignment??

This is weird...
My compiler just gave me the following message:

error: cannot convert 'std::string' to 'std::string*' in assignment

in regards to this code:

Code:

string* CenumOperations::getEnum() {

    string* pEnumStrings = enumStrings; //get a pointer to the string member 'enumStrings'
    return pEnumStrings; //return the pointer

}

The error is at the line where I create a string pointer and initialize it to point at the 'enumStrings' member string of the class "CenumOperations" in the same line.

And if, I change it to this instead:

Code:

string* CenumOperations::getEnum() {

    string* pEnumStrings = NULL;
    pEnumStrings = enumStrings; //get a pointer to the string member 'enumStrings'
    return pEnumStrings; //return the pointer

}

there's no change. Still the same error.