arranging string elements

I'm close to making this work. I'm trying to get the months to be organized with the number they are assigned and arranged by number from highest to lowest.

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

// BRANDON SKAR, 11/26/2016, PROGRAM CHALLENGE 5: RAINFALL STATISTICS MODIFICATION

void selectionSort(double[], int, string[]);

int main()
{
	const int SIZE = 12;
	// ASSIGN EACH MONTH TO AN ELEMENT OF A SINGLE DIMENSION ARRAY
	string months[] = { "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
						"July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" };
	double rainfall[SIZE];
	// LOOP FOR ENTERING RAINFALL FOR EACH MONTH
	for (int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++)
	{
		cout << "Enter rainfall for month of " << months[i] << ": ";
		cin >> rainfall[i];
	}
	// FUNCTION FOR SORTING RAINFALL FROM HIGHEST TO LOWEST
	selectionSort(rainfall, SIZE, months);

	for (int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++)
		cout << months[i] << ":  " << rainfall[i] << endl;

	system("pause");
	return 0;
}

void selectionSort(double array[], int size, string monthArray[])
{
	int maxValue, minIndex;
	string element;
	for (int scan = 0; scan < (size - 1); scan++)
	{
		minIndex = scan;
		maxValue = array[scan];
		for (int i = scan + 1; i < size; i++)
		{
			if (array[i] > maxValue)
			{
				maxValue = array[i];
				element = monthArray[i];
				minIndex = i;
			}
		}
		monthArray[minIndex] = monthArray[scan];
		array[minIndex] = array[scan];
		array[scan] = maxValue;
		monthArray[scan] = element;
	}
}
In many cases 'element' may not have been set before you try to use it in line 52.

Try adding
element = monthArray[scan];
after line 39 and before you start the inner for loop on line 40.

BTW. This is not a very efficient way of sorting - especially if the array is already nearly sorted.
yes that worked. thank you so much. this has been puzzling me for a while now
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