problem with charArray class

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I'm trying to set up a charArray array to load info from a file into and use ==, != operators and so on on it. Here is my test file:

//test.cpp

//chrArray test file

#include "chrArray.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void main(){
chrArray newChar(10);
cout << newChar.getCharArray() << endl;

newChar = &quot;hi&quot;;
cout << newChar.getCharArray() << endl;

bool testOut = (newChar==&quot;hi&quot;
cout << testOut << endl;
testOut = (newChar==&quot;by&quot;
cout << testOut << endl;

testOut = (newChar!=&quot;hi&quot;
cout << testOut << endl;
testOut = (newChar!=&quot;by&quot;
cout << testOut << endl;


newChar.setCharArray(&quot;Goodbye&quot;
cout << newChar.getCharArray() << endl;
}

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Here is the output that I get:

10
4
²²²²¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
hi
1
0
0
1
Good ²²²²¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
Press any key to continue

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the top two numbers are the size of array that should be created and the size that is created. Whatever size I try and create I only seem to get one 4 long and any strings longer than 3 I get strange results. What am I doing wrong.

Here is my specification file:

//chrArray.h

//chrArray header file



class chrArray{
private:
char *chrArrayPointer;
int size;
public:
chrArray(int intArrayLength);
~chrArray();
bool operator==(char charArrayComp[]);
bool operator!=(char charArrayComp[]);
void operator=(char charArraySet[]);
char *getCharArray();
void setCharArray(char charArraySet[]);
};

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and the implementation file:

//chrArray.cpp

//chrArray Implementation file

#include &quot;chrArray.h&quot;
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

chrArray::chrArray(int intArrayLength){
cout << intArrayLength << endl;
chrArrayPointer = new char[intArrayLength];
for (int i = 0; i < intArrayLength; i++){
chrArrayPointer = ' ';
}
size = sizeof(chrArrayPointer)/sizeof(char);
cout << sizeof(chrArrayPointer) << endl;
}

chrArray::~chrArray(){
delete chrArrayPointer;
}

bool chrArray:perator==(char charArrayComp[]){
int loopCount;
int intCompArrayLength = sizeof(charArrayComp) / sizeof(char);
if (intCompArrayLength < size){
loopCount = intCompArrayLength;
}else{
loopCount = size;
}

for (int i =0; i < loopCount; i++){
if (chrArrayPointer != charArrayComp){
return false;
}
}

return true;
}

bool chrArray:perator!=(char charArrayComp[]){
if (*this==charArrayComp){
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}

void chrArray:perator=(char charArraySet[]){
int loopCount;
int intCompArrayLength = sizeof(charArraySet) / sizeof(char);
if (intCompArrayLength < size){
loopCount = intCompArrayLength;
}else{
loopCount = size;
}

for (int i = 0; i < loopCount; i++){
chrArrayPointer = charArraySet;
}
}

char *chrArray::getCharArray(){
return chrArrayPointer;
}

void chrArray::setCharArray(char charArraySet[]){
*this = charArraySet;
}

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Hope you guys can help.

Thanks

Giles Giles Roadnight
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