Reversal of string

[nobrainer]

Hey guys, I am attempting to take in 2 strings and store them in reverse order in 2 integer arrays. So for example, I enter 12345 into string1 and 54321 would be stored into array1. However, my program hangs after I input my strings. I can't tell what's wrong with my algorithm, is anyone else able to tell me how and where I screwed up?

int reverseStrings(string str1, string str2, int** array1, int** array2)
{

int length1, length2;
length1 = str1.length();
length2 = str2.length();
array1 = new (nothrow)int*[length1];
array2 = new (nothrow)int*[length2];

string::reverse_iterator it1;
string::reverse_iterator it2;

int i = 0;

for (it1=str1.rbegin(); it1<str1.rend(); it1++)
{
*array1[i] = *it1;
i++;
}

i = 0;

for (it2=str2.rbegin(); it2<str1.rend(); it2++)
{
*array2[i] = *it2;
i++;
}

return length1>length2?length1:length2;//Returns the number of digits in whichever integer has more digits

}

[hanst99]

You create two int* arrays, but the pointers inside the array still have uninitialized garbage values. I think what you want to do is something like:

*array1 = new int[length1];

[coercedman66]

A suggestion is to make sure there is a 0x0 (NULL terminator) in the input strings. If not your program could be processing the ram address beyond it's boundry because it can't find the 0x0 code.

[hanst99]

coerced, we aren't talking about C here.