Problems with arrays and pointers

[BSCode266]

Hi,

This is some code in the first class:

//the array of pointers
Slot *slots[2];

//the get method for the previous array
//The first error occurs here:  error C2440: 'return' : cannot convert from 'Slot *[2]' to 'Slot *'
Slot* ForgeScreen::getSlots(){
	return slots;
}

Slot is another class i defined of which i want 2 objects.

Note that this is an array of pointers.

//This method has to return a pointer to a Slot.
Slot* Controller::checkMousePosition(int x, int y){
//slotArray is the pointer which will point to the array we are gonna get from the previous class.
	Slot *slotArray;
	if(inventory->getDraw()){
		if( ( x > inventory->getX() ) && ( x < inventory->getX() +                                                                    inventory->getW()) && ( y > inventory->getY()) && ( y < inventory->getY() + inventory->getH()) ){
//Here we get the array and make the slotArray point to it.
				slotArray = inventory->getSlots();
		}
	}
	if(forgeScreen->getDraw()){
		if( ( x > forgeScreen->getX() ) && ( x < forgeScreen->getX() + forgeScreen->getW()) &&
				( y > forgeScreen->getY()) && ( y < forgeScreen->getY() + forgeScreen->getH()) ){
//Or here we get the array and make the slotArray point to it.
					slotArray = forgeScreen->getSlots();
		}
	}

//Its all about this part. 

	if(slotArray != NULL){
		for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++){
			if( ( x > slotArray[i]->getX() ) && ( x < slotArray[i]->getX() + slotArray[i]->getW()) &&
				( y > slotArray[i]->getY()) && ( y < slotArray[i]->getY() + slotArray[i]->getH()) ){
//The second error occurs here: error C2440: 'return' : cannot convert from 'Slot' to 'Slot *'
					return slotArray[i];
			}
		}
	}
	return NULL;
}

For some reason, which is unknown to me, slotArray[i] is an object instead of what i think it should be a pointer. So my compiler keeps asking me to change the -> to a . and also i get an error converting from a Slot to a Slot*. However i really do need a Slot * and not a Slot.

I'd like to know:
1. Why slotArray[i] is an object and not a pointer.
2. How to solve the first problem(ofcours e)
3. How to solve the 2nd problem

Thanks in advance,

BSCode266

[BSCode266]

It seems i already found the answer, for people who are searching for the same answer here is the solution:

//Before this was Slot* instead of Slot**, meaning that i was conferting it.
Slot** ForgeScreen::getSlots(){
	return slots;
}

//Before this was Slot* instead of Slot**, this has to change because the return value of the get method has changed and we dont want to make the first mistake again.
Slot** slotArray;

Greetings,

BSCode266

[weaknessforcats]

BSCode266]
Slot** slotArray;
[/quote]

That is not an array. That is a a pointer to a Slot*. A Slot* is a pointer to a single Slot.

Read this article: http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread772412.html.