how to pass and retrieve char array in c++

Question

I am trying to pass a character array to a function. Set the values onto a character array. Then retrieve it and print using another function. But not able to get the result. Here is the code

class cSummary{
    private:
       char *cSummaryTable[2];
    public:
       void printSummary();
       void setSummary(char *ptr, int stage);
       char *getSummary();
};
void cSummary::printSummary(){
    char *cPtr = getSummary();
    for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++){
        cout << cPtr[i] << endl;
    }
}
void cSummary::setSummary(char ptr[], int stage){
    switch(stage){
        case 0: 
            cSummaryTable[0] = ptr; 
            break;  
        case 1:
            cSummaryTable[1] = ptr;
            break;
    }
}
char *cSummary::getSummary(){
    return *cSummaryTable;
}
int main(int argc, char const *argv[])
{
    cSummary summary;

    summary.setSummary("first message!",   0);
    summary.setSummary("second message!!", 1);

    summary.printSummary();

    return 0;
}

Answer 1

getSummary is the problem since it only returns the first string. Notice the assymmetry between getSummary and setSummary , setSummary has a stage parameter but there's no such parameter in getSummary . That should have been a clue that something was wrong. I would recode like this

char *cSummary::getSummary(int stage) {
    return cSummaryTable[stage];
}

void cSummary::printSummary() {
    for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++){
        cout << getSummary(i) << endl;
    }
}

And I'll add the obiligatory piece of good advice. You should learn to program modern C++, which doesn't use arrays and pointers, but uses the much safer and easier to understand std::string and std::vector instead.