returning a char* array

Hi all,

here is one of my classes, the problem is with the getLog() function.

Code:

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class Class1
{
public:
        Class1(HWND sw);
        virtual ~Class1();
        char* getLog();
        int getAmount();
private:
        int kFound;
        char* log[10];
};

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The function char* getLog() is supposed to returh the log variable declared in the private section.

Here is the getLog() body

Code:

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char* Class1::getLog()
{
        return log;
}

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The error im getting is:

Code:

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'return' : cannot convert from 'char *[10]' to 'char *'
        Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast

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I understand the error but dont know how to fix it. I tried changing the signature from char* getLog() to char* [10] getLog() but that complained even more. I know it is something very simple but i havent got a clue because ive never had to do anything like this before.

Thanks

your variable is of a different type from your return value.
The variable is an array of pointers, the return value is a single pointer.

returning char** returns a pointer to a pointer to char, which is equivalent to an array of char*.

C++ has its own string type, e.g.:

string log;

If you really want log to be an array, then you can do this:

string log[10];

How did you plan to assign something to the log member variable the way you have it now? Array names are constant, so you can't change them, which means you can't do this:

log = someArray;

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you can't do this:

log = someArray;

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If you want to do that, use strcpy() in <cstring>.

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C++ has its own string type, e.g.:

string log;

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. . . which is in <string>. The string class overloads several operators and allows things like = (to assign one string to another) and + (to concatenate two strings together).