**Pointer to a Dynamic Array of Pointers

[The Brain]

Been playing around with this for hours. Code is based on this google search. Basically, all I want to do is declare a pointer to an array of CARDSTRUCT pointers.

Here is the complete code.

Here is the offending code:

void CardClass::shuffle_deck()
{
	int randnum;
	int randoms[52]; 
	CARDSTRUCT **nodes; 
	CARDSTRUCT *temp;

	nodes = new (CARDSTRUCT*)[52];

	for(int c=0;c<52;c++)

		nodes[c] = new (CARDSTRUCT*);

Here are the specific compiler errors:


--------------------Configuration: texcalc - Win32 Debug--------------------
Compiling...
texcalc.cpp
F:\c++ source\texcalc.cpp(151) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '['
F:\c++ source\texcalc.cpp(155) : error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'struct CARDSTRUCT ** ' to 'struct CARDSTRUCT *'
Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
Error executing cl.exe.

texcalc.exe - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)



Please help a fellow programmer from being driven to the point of insanity.

[Prelude]

>all I want to do is declare a pointer to an array of CARDSTRUCT pointers
Be careful what you ask for.

CARDSTRUCT *(*p)[52];

for ( int i = 0; i < 52; i++ )
  (*p)[i] = new CARDSTRUCT;

for ( int i = 0; i < 52; i++ )
  std::cout << *(*p)[i] << '\n';

>nodes = new (CARDSTRUCT*)[52];
Whomever told you that you could put parens around anything and it would still work, lied to you. Try this:

CARDSTRUCT **p;

p = new CARDSTRUCT*[52];

for ( int i = 0; i < 52; i++ )
  p[i] = new CARDSTRUCT;

[The Brain]

void CardClass::shuffle_deck()
{
	int randnum;
	int randoms[52]; 
	CARDSTRUCT **nodes; 
	CARDSTRUCT *temp = head_ptr;

	nodes = new CARDSTRUCT*[52];

	for(int c=0;c<52;c++)

		nodes[c] = new CARDSTRUCT;

--------------------Configuration: texcalc - Win32 Debug--------------------
Compiling...
texcalc.cpp
Linking...

texcalc.exe - 0 error(s), 0 warning(s)



*thank you very much ms. prelude