File stream function problem

Hi newbie here having a problem at R/T with the following function. It is giving me a application error when the program is run, but compiles just fine.

Function call:

Code:

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student::readfile(filename, ctr, ARRAY);

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Function:

Code:

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void student::readfile(string file, int &ctr, student* arr[])
{
        ifstream in(file.c_str(), ios::binary);
        if(!in)
        {
                throw studentX("No file");
        }
        for(int i=0; i<ctr; i++)
        {
                in.read((char*)arr[i], sizeof(student));
        }
}

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Thanks in advance for any ad all help.

:-) James

Try using this call instead

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student::readfile(filename, &ctr, ARRAY);

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Thanks, i tried that but got an error while compiling. But i don't think i would want to use reference in this case. I am reading info in from the file and then contiuning to add to an array.

James

then just make the declaration a straight int as well.