Thread: Returning and receiving an unsigned char array

Why is this giving me a problem? How can I fix it? I'm basically passing a size containing a value of 2 to the makeArray function. Then I make an unsigned char* array Inside the makeArray function, fill its first two subscript, then return that array to main.cc.


Error:
main.cc:13:8: error: array type 'unsigned char *[size]' is not assignable


array = makeArray(size);


~~~~~ ^


1 error generated.


make: *** [main.o] Error 1




main.cc

Code:

    int size = 2;


    unsigned char* array[size];


    array = makeArray(size);




    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
        printf("%s\n", array[i]);


    } // end of for loop

functions.cc

Code:

unsigned char* makeArray(int size) {
    unsigned char* array = new unsigned char[size];


    // fill in the array
    array[0] = "1";
    array[1] = "0";


    // return array
    return array;


} // end of makeArray