Thread: strange error message

Hello everyone, I am new here and am having a problem with a homework assignment. I am supposed to write a program creating two empty arrays, and have the user add information to them. The part I am having a problem with is as follows:

Code:

void add(string names[], int numbers[], int& counter)
{
counter++;
cout << "Enter the name: ";
cin >> names[counter];
cout << "Enter the CWID: ";
cin >> numbers[counter];
}

It compiles fine, but when I run the program Visual Studio gives me this error: "Unhandled exception at 0x10489a8c (msvcp80d.dll) in 456.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x99ac8c80."
Frankly I have no Idea what this means lol. Could someone please inform me as to what I am doing wrong? I am sure it is obvious but I am pretty new to this stuff so any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

sure

Code:

int main()
{
	char x='z';
	string names[100]={};
	int numbers[100]={};
	int counter;
	message();
	while(x!='q')
	{
	x=getcommand();
	switch(x)
	{
		case'a':
		case'A':
			add(names, numbers, counter);
			break;
		case'i':
		case'I':
			displayi(names, numbers, counter);
			break;
		case'n':
		case'N':
			displayn(names, numbers, counter);
			break;
		case'q':
		case'Q':
			x='q';	
			break;
		default:
			cout << "Invalid Input" << endl;
	}
	}
	return 0;

Thanks, I did it and it works now.