Hi

This problem is driving me crazy


#include "stdafx.h"
#include "fstream.h"

struct myStruct {
int a;
int b;
} *myStruct_;

void tryToInitialiseArray(myStruct *ms);

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{

myStruct_ = NULL;

tryToInitialiseArray(myStruct_);

cout << myStruct_[0].a << endl;

printf("Hello World!\n");
return 0;
}

void tryToInitialiseArray(myStruct *ms) {
ms = new myStruct[3];
ms[0].a = 1;
ms[0].b = 11;
ms[1].a = 2;
ms[1].b = 22;
ms[2].a = 3;
ms[3].b = 33;
}


This small program exhibits the problem that I am having.

I have a pointer to a struct, which I want to initilise (new) in a function.

It compiles okay - and runs, but crashes at the 'cout'. Running in Debug you can see that after the call to tryToInitialiseArray, myStruct_ is still NULL.

I guess this is because the myStruct_ is being passed by copy (not as a pointer or reference) - but I don't understand why.

Can anybody help?

(I have also tried it without the 'struct" in the function definition, with the same results.

Thx