Multidimensional Array help please

[Kevin2341]

I'm making a program due tomorrow where we have to use a multidimensional array. The program is supposed to call for the name of a file. The file will be in this format:
X O .
. . .
. O .

We need to have a multidimensional array which save this information into itself, and then we will print it out with a board in this format
X | O |
---+---+---
| |
---+---+---
| X |

(sorry I just realized the formatting didn't come in correctly there... Imagine them to be nice squares...)

  #include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

void getFileName(char fileName[])
{
   cout << "Enter source filename: ";
   cin >> fileName;
}

int main()
{
   char board[3][5];
   char fileName[256];
   getFileName(fileName);

   ifstream fin(fileName);
   
   for (int row = 0; row < 3; row++)
      for (int column = 0; column < 5; column++)
      {
         board[row][column] = fin;
         //fin = board[row][column];
      }

   for (int row = 0; row < 3; row++)
      for (int column = 0; column < 5; column++)
      {
         cout << board[row][column] << " ";
      }
   
   return 0;
   
}

Will the code I have do the trick? I'm currently getting an error on the first for loop where I'm trying to save board[row][column] = fin. It's saying something about unable to convert void* to char or something like that. I'm not quite sure what it means.

I guess my main issue is I have absolutely no clue how to work with multidimensional arrays, and my book isn't helping much and the lecture on the topic isn't until tomorrow...

[nvrmnd]

fin is an object of ifstream, you cannot assign directly an object to a primitive type like int char.. etc.

i think you array size should be 3x3 not 3x5, spaces *aren't read when reading files*

You need to have a temporary variable where you will extract the readed character, then copy it to board[ index ][ index ] like :

char temp;
for( int i = 0; i < 3; i++ ) {
        for( int j = 0; j < 3; j++ ) {
            fin >> temp; // extract a character to temp variable
            board[ i ][ j ] = temp;
        }

And IMO, you should read a file instead using while() loop with fin >> temp as the condition, this is to prevent accidental reading even if something went wrong w/ the file

more datails here :
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/files/