How to stop returning the address in memory?

Can't seem to access the required elements in the following code. Pretty simplistic program, but hey... gotta start somewhere right?

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>

float* mirror(float[], int);

void main(void)
{
        const int size = 5;
        float numbers[size] = {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0};

        cout << "The numbers before mirror() are..." << endl;

        for(int i = 0; i < size; i++)
        {
                cout << numbers[i] << " ";
       
        }
                cout << endl;

       
        cout << "The numbers after mirror() are..." << endl;
       
        for(i = 0; i < size; i++)
        {
                cout << mirror(numbers, size) << " ";
       
        }


}

float* mirror(float p[], int arraySize)
{
        int i;
       
        float* tempArray = new float[arraySize];

        for(i = 0; i < arraySize; i++)
                tempArray[i] = p[(arraySize - 1) - 1];

        return tempArray;

}

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You can't send an array to cout.

Code:

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/*...*/

cout << "The numbers after mirror() are..." << endl;

float* after = mirror(numbers, size);

for(i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
    cout << after[i] << " ";
}

//don't forget this!
delete[]after;

/*...*/

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Jeff

Also, you should use <iostream> instead of <iostream.h>.

Once you feel comfortable with your example, take a look at std::vector. It's a much nicer way of handling arrays.

Jeff

Also... (maybe I should read everything the first time around)

Code:

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for(i = 0; i < arraySize; i++)
    tempArray[i] = p[(arraySize - 1) - 1];

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should be

Code:

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for(i = 0; i < arraySize; ++i)
    tempArray[i] = p[i];

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You can also accomplish this much clearer by using std::copy.

Jeff

Thanx for all your help Jeff

Just with that last post..the actual function should return the reverse order of the array...hence (mirror), however I should of called the function reverseOrder or sumthing...

Thanx again..

actually mirror is fine, but you put a 1 instead of an i :p

Code:

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float* mirror(float p[], int arraySize)
{
  int i;
 
  float* tempArray = new float[arraySize];

  for(i = 0; i < arraySize; i++)
    tempArray[i] = p[(arraySize - 1) - i];

  return tempArray;

}

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