Retrieving return data in another function

[yoshicube64]

Hello, I'm new to C++ and this forum, but have avidly used this site for a few months now because I've been learning C++ at school recently. I just have come to a little problem with some code I'm writing for class, and I do not ask for it to be done for me, but rather any helpful hints please.

My current code below has a function "string *split (string theLine, char theDeliminator) and

string * split(string theLine, char theDeliminator)
{
        //Break theline into fields and save the fields to an array.
        //Each field will occupy one element in a character array.
        //theLine is a string with fields separated with theDeliminator character.
        //Assumes the last field in the string is terminated with a newline.
        //Useage: string *theFields = split(lineBuffer, ',');

        //determine how many splits there will be so we can size our array
        int splitCount = 0;
        for(int unsigned i = 0; i < theLine.size(); i++)
		{
                if (theLine[i] == theDeliminator)
                         splitCount++;
        }
        splitCount++; //add one more to the count because there is not an ending comma

        //create an array to hold the fields
        string* theFieldArray;
        theFieldArray = new string[splitCount];

        //split the string into seperate fields
        string theField = "";
        int commaCount = 0;

        for(int unsigned i = 0; i < theLine.size(); i++)
		{ //read each character and look for the deliminator
               if (theLine[i] != theDeliminator)
			   {
                       theField += theLine[i]; //build the field
               }
              else 
			  { //the deliminator was hit so save to the field to the array
                       theFieldArray[commaCount] = theField; //save the field to the array
                       theField = "";
                       commaCount++;
              }
        }
        theFieldArray[commaCount] = theField; //the last field is not marked with a comma...

        return theFieldArray;
} //end split 

What I need to do is basically retrieve the data from "theFieldArray" but I do not know how. That's it really.

My code is like this (if it will help get an understanding)

/*
Christopher Carlos
Lab 7 Ex 3
This program will append and display records 
in an address database.
*/

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

void menu(void);
void writeData(void);
void readData(void);
string * split(string, char);
ofstream outFileObj("C:\\Users\\Chris\\Documents\\append_test.txt", ios::app);
ifstream inFileObj("C:\\Users\\Chris\\Documents\\append_test.txt", ios::app);

const char FileName[] = "C:\\Users\\Chris\\Documents\\append_test.txt";
string lineString;
char userChoice;
int main () 
{
        menu();
        return 0;
} //end main

void menu(void) 
{

//allow user to choose to append records, display records or exit the program

		cout << "1. (a)ppend " << endl	
		<< "2. (s)how records " << endl	
		<< "3. (e)xit ";
		cout << "What would you like to do? ";
		cin >> userChoice;

	 do
	 {		

		if ((userChoice == 'a') || (userChoice == 'A'))
		{
			writeData();
		}
		else if ((userChoice == 'S') || (userChoice == 's'))
		{
			readData();
			
		}
		else if ((userChoice == 'e') || (userChoice == 'E'))
		{
			cout << "Now exiting..." << endl;
			return;
		}
		cout << "1. (a)ppend " << endl	
		 << "2. (s)how records " << endl	
		 << "3. (e)xit " << endl;
		cout << "What would you like to do? ";
		cin >> userChoice;
	 }	 while ((userChoice != 'e') || (userChoice != 'E'));

	return;


}//end menu

void writeData(void)
{
//Write the Address Info to a file
	//open file
	string name, street, city, state, zipCode;
	ofstream outStream(FileName, ios::app);
	if (outStream.is_open())
	{ 
		//outFileObj << "Name" << "," << "Street" << "," << "City" << "," << "State" << "," << "Zip Code" << endl;
		do
		{
			//write into file with outFileObj, read input with inFileObj
			cout << "Name.......... ";
			cin.ignore(100, '\n');
			getline(cin, name);
			cout << "\nStreet........ ";
			getline(cin, street);
			cout << "\nCity.......... ";
			getline(cin, city);
			cout << "\nState......... ";
			getline(cin, state);
			cout << "\nZip Code...... ";
			getline(cin, zipCode);
			outStream << name << "," << street << "," << city << "," << state << "," << zipCode << endl;
			cout << "Would you like to append another record? (Y/N): ";
			cin >> userChoice;
		}while((userChoice == 'y') || (userChoice =='Y'));
		outStream.close();//close file	
	}
	else {cout << "Error: File Open Failed";}
	return;


}//end write data

void readData(void)
{
//read data from a file
		getline(inFileObj, lineString);
		split(lineString, ',');

//use the split function to break a
//deliminated line of text into fields

}//end read data

string * split(string theLine, char theDeliminator)
{
        //Break theline into fields and save the fields to an array.
        //Each field will occupy one element in a character array.
        //theLine is a string with fields separated with theDeliminator character.
        //Assumes the last field in the string is terminated with a newline.
        //Useage: string *theFields = split(lineBuffer, ',');

        //determine how many splits there will be so we can size our array
        int splitCount = 0;
        for(int unsigned i = 0; i < theLine.size(); i++)
		{
                if (theLine[i] == theDeliminator)
                         splitCount++;
        }
        splitCount++; //add one more to the count because there is not an ending comma

        //create an array to hold the fields
        string* theFieldArray;
        theFieldArray = new string[splitCount];

        //split the string into seperate fields
        string theField = "";
        int commaCount = 0;

        for(int unsigned i = 0; i < theLine.size(); i++)
		{ //read each character and look for the deliminator
               if (theLine[i] != theDeliminator)
			   {
                       theField += theLine[i]; //build the field
               }
              else 
			  { //the deliminator was hit so save to the field to the array
                       theFieldArray[commaCount] = theField; //save the field to the array
                       theField = "";
                       commaCount++;
              }
        }
        theFieldArray[commaCount] = theField; //the last field is not marked with a comma...

        return theFieldArray;
} //end split 

What I'm doing is sequential file accessing, and trying to read a file from notepad, write data on it from the win32 console, then put that data onto a txt file, then if I ask to show me the records, I would read the txt file and print the information back on the win32 console (shown below), so the txt file looks like this
"name, city, street, state, zip"
but when it prints out on the console it would appear as
"
Record 1
Name ......
City ......
State......
etc.
"
I can do the printing out, but I just wanna know how can I access the contents in "theFieldArray" in my split function.