[Dev-C++] How do I pass arrays of data from a function?

[Rob P. <py...@ea...>]

Hi all,

I'm in the process of trying to teach myself C and C++ but don't have
anyone to ask questions. I hope you all can answer them.

I am using Dev-C++ (4.9.6.0) on NT4 SP6a.

I am collecting a character stream from the keyboard and storing it in a
character array from within a function. When I try to pass this back up to
the calling program, I want to put this data also into an array.

Here is the code I have :

parts of the program that call the function:

/* fn() prototypes */
char keybd_input();

int main()
{
  char    ShellName[4096][100];
  char    getShellName[100];

   cout<<"Please enter the shell name: ";
   *getShellName = keybd_input();  // get the keyboard characters
   ShellName[x] = getShellName;    // is this the where I'm doing it wrong?
   cout<<"ShellName["<<x<<"] = "<<ShellName[x]<<endl;

for (x=0; x<ShellCount; x++)
 {
   ofstream a_file(getFileName, ios::app); /* opens a text file to append
to */
   a_file<<ShellIndex[x]<<"\t";
   a_file<<"\n";
   a_file.close();
 }
}

the function:

char keybd_input()
{
  int x ; 					// counter var
  char getKeyString[100];			// character array from keyboard

  cout<<"Please enter a long string: ";

  x=0;
  while(( getKeyString[x] = getchar() ) != '\n')
  {
   getKeyString[x];
   x++;
  }
  return *getKeyString;
}


My problem is that I am only getting the first character of the data passed
back from the function.

Any ideas on how to fix this? 
Your help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

--->Rob