Problem with arrays in C++

[fellah]

Please help me with the code as below. It gives me an error. I am unable to rectify it.

#include <iostream.h>

void main ()
{
	int size, i;
	
	cout<<"Enter the array length:";
	cin>>size;
	cout<<endl;
	
	char* arr[size];
	
	cout<<"Enter the array items:"<<endl;

	for (i=1;i<=size;i++) 
        {
		cout<<i<<".";
		cin>>arr[i];
	}

	cout<<endl<<"The array items:"<<endl;
	
	for(i=1;i<=size;i++) 
        {
		cout<<i<<".";
		cout<<arr[i]<<endl;
	}
}

[unlimitedtech]

What you are doing is you are defining the array at runtime but not during the compile time which is not allowed in C/C++. According to your code you can define the array at the runtime by using the new and delete operators. Here is the code how you do that

	
        int size, i;
        char *arr;
	
	cout<<"Enter the array length:";
	cin>>size;
	cout<<endl;
	
	arr = new char[size];

And remember you free the memory at the end of the code using delete operator.

Hope this helps you.

[Howitzer]

Could you tell us what the error was?

[fellah]

Thanks unlimitedtech for the help. It worked.