char array issue with scope

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8 Nov 2012CPOL

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Hey guys,I need to make a program that reads a user inputted (cin) line and stores it in a char array. easy?cout << "Enter your name" << endl;cin.getline(name, 50);name's declared as an array.This is fine... but I need it in a seperate function that returns the data to main......

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1. char array issue with scope

8 Nov 2012Stefan_Lang

If you hate scopes, why do you artificially create many more of them than you need? Every time you write int or char you define a new variable of that type, and thereby create a scope. The only places that require a type are declarations: function declarations or variable declarations.Your...

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2. char array issue with scope

8 Nov 2012fjdiewornncalwe

You need to make some effort on your own first. That means you need to post code that you have written first, and we'll help you get it right. We won't do the work for you.Homework, and why we don't do it.[^] (Compliments of JSOP)

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3. char array issue with scope

8 Nov 2012Chuck O'Toole

Question: How many times do you need to type char in your code? Hint, you have too many of them.Question: How many times do you need to type int in your code? Hint, you have an extra one in there somewhere.Question: What good is the variable i in the subroutine Names? You don't use...

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