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line 3: error(3611): a value of type &quot;int (*)[10]&quot; cannot be<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; assigned to an entity of type &quot;int *&quot;<br />
&nbsp; aPointer = new int[10][10]; <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;^<br />
//try<br />
int (*aPointer)[10];<br />

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line 3: error(3611): a value of type "int (*)[10]" cannot be
          assigned to an entity of type "int *"
  aPointer = new int[10][10];
           ^
//try
int (*aPointer)[10];


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Good job.<br />
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Thanks.<br />
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int * aPointer;<br />
aPointer = new int[10][10];<br />
<br />
Why won't it let me assign a multi-dimensional array?
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int * aPointer;
aPointer = new int[10][10];

Why won't it let me assign a multi-dimensional array?

User Defined Array Size

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