illegal operation

[MPrestonf12]

I can't figure out if it is legal to allocate space as to say:

void combinestr(char *str1[80], char *str2[80]);

I get a illegal operation from this code but I can't find a way to allocate space in a buffer for the characters.

class stringop {
public:
void combinestr(char *str1, char *str2);
};
void stringop::combinestr(char *str1, char *str2)
{
strcat(str1,str2);
cout << str1;
}

[parksie]

Pass a pointer to the first pointer, and then reallocate it using new:

void combinestr(char **str1, char *str2) {
    char *pcTemp = new char[strlen(*str1)+strlen(str2)+1];

    strcpy(pcTemp, *str1);
    strcpy(pcTemp+strlen(*str1), str2);
    pcTemp[strlen(*str1)+strlen(str2)] = 0;

    delete[] (*str1);
    *str1 = pcTemp;
}

However, this MUST be used with a pointer, not an array, and it must have been allocated with new. String manipulations in C are notoriously vicious, but here's an example:

char *pcStr = "Hello";
char *pcOther = new char[strlen(pcStr)+1];
strcpy(pcOther, pcStr);
// Now prepared for use
combinestr(&pcOther, pcStr);
cout << pcOther << endl;

Easiest way to use strings is the string class from the STL -- it takes virtually no more CPU time than doing it yourself.

[MPrestonf12]

Thanks alot parksie!