Multidimensional Arrays!

[JM1082]

Hi all,

I'm struggling to understand the secret behind passing a multidimensional array to a function in my program, please see my code below:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

const int employees = 4;
const int items = 5;

int validateEmployeeNumber(); // enure only numbers within the acceptable range are passed
void zeroArray( int[][items], int ); // wipe all data from the array

int main()
{
    int sales[employees][items];
    int employeeNumber = 0;

    zeroArray( sales[][items], employees);

    while ( employeeNumber != -1 )
    {
        employeeNumber = validateEmployeeNumber();


    }

} // end main

// wipe all data from the array
void zeroArray( int sales[][items], int employees )
{
    for ( int i = 0; i < employees; i++ )
    {
        for ( int j = 0; j < items; j++ )
        {
            sales[i][j] = 0;
        }
    }
} // end function zeroArray

// enure only numbers within the acceptable range are passed
int validateEmployeeNumber()
{
    int empNo;

    cout << "Enter employee number ( or 0 to show summary ): ";
    cin >> empNo;

    while ( empNo < 0 || empNo > 4 )
    {
        cout << "Your input was not recognised!\nEnter employee number ( or 0 to show summary ): ";
        cin >> empNo;
    }

    return empNo - 1;
} // end function validateEmployeeNumber

My program refuses to work even though I've followed the textbook instructions and explicitly specified the second dimension's array boundaries!

My IDE keeps telling me "Line 15 - error: expected primary-expression before ‘]’ token"

Any help on this issue would be most appreciated!

[Salem]

> zeroArray( sales[][items], employees);
Calling it, use just the array name (like you would if it were a 1D array), or indeed just a scalar.

zeroArray( sales, employees);