I have been trying to return an array of strings for a function for a couple of days to no avail. While I was searching around StackOverflow, I found that it would be a better idea to have a parameter that will be assigned the value of an array. So, here is my code example (not the actual usage, but a mockup of how I am trying to use the function). I am sorry if the code is a bit sloppy. I have been testing things out with it for a while.
void splitOn(string message, string delim, string***toCh) {
string** rString = new string*;
string lArr[numberOf(message, delim)+1];
for(int index=0; index<numberOf(message, delim)+2; index++) {
lArr[index]=message.substr(0, message.find(delim)).c_str();
message = message.substr(message.find(delim)+1, message.length());
rString[index]=&lArr[index];
cout << "IN LOOP "<<*rString[index]<<endl;
}
rString[numberOf(message, string(delim))] = &message;
toCh=&rString;
}
int main(){
string***arr;
splitOn("fox.over.lazy.dog", ".", arr);
cout << **arr[0]<<endl;
Note:
numberOf() takes a string and a delimiter(string) and returns how many times the delimiter is found within the string.
strings are from std::string
lArr (the local array within the loop) and *rString all give correct output.
Although I am trying to assign the array to a parameter, learning how to return an array is more appealing to me.
I could hack this together with a file and getLine(), but I would prefer to learn how to properly do this.