Return an array from function

Hi!
Could aneone take a look at this code?
I'm pretty n00b to C++ and i want to return an array from a function within af class!
But it gives me an error saying: "initializer fails to determine size of `ord'" and "invalid initializer".
I am btw compiling with Dev-C++ 4.9.9.2
Here's the code:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class krypter
{
    private:
    string a;
    int size;
    public:

    int tal_til_bogstav_ascii (char a[], int size)
    {
        for(int i=0;i<=size;i++)
        {
                switch (a[i])
                {
                        // Dont mind this function!
                }
        }
    }

    int calculate_array (char a[])
    {
        size = 0;
        for(int i=0;i<=100;i++)
        {
                if(a[i] != 0)
                {
                        size = size + 1;
                }
                else
                    break;
        }
    return (size);
    }

    char set_array (char *a[], const int size)// this is the one!
    {
        char array[size];
        for(int i=0;i<=100;i++)
        {
                if(a[i] != 0)
                {
                        array[i] = *a[i];
                }
                else
                    break;
        }
    return (*array);
    }

};

int main()
{
  start:

  krypter size1;
  krypter array;
  char input[100];
  cout << "What's ur word?" << endl;
  cin >> input;
  char * inp = input;
  int size = size1.calculate_array(input);
  cout << "There's " << size << " letters/signs in ur word" << endl<< endl;

  const int stor = size;
  char** in = (char**) input;

  char ord[] = array.set_array(in, size);// SHOULD init. ord[] but no :S
        for(int i=0;i<size;i++)
                cout << ord[i];


  goto start;
  return 0;
}

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>>cin >> input;

you can't do that with an array. need to create a loop and prompt for each element

Code:

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for(int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
  cin >> input[i];

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tu! i'll try that and post back if I still have probs :)

there are other problems. For example, return (*array); only returns the first character of that array, not the entire array. char arrays that are allocated on the stack cannot be returned because they disappear when they go out of scope.

> char array[size];
You can't declare arrays with a size you only get to find out about at run time.

> for(int i=0;i<=100;i++)
Woah, where did the size parameter go ?
What if your string is longer than 100 characters?
I thought std::string had a .length function anyway.

> char** in = (char**) input;
Consider casting in C++ as a sign you're about to do something wrong.
This is no exception, this is wrong.

> set_array
Perhaps a description of what you want this function to do would help us figure out what sort of parameters you should be passing to it, and the result you expect.

> goto start;
Ugh, use a while loop man.