Issue with pointer to character array C++

Question

I have what I thought should be a very simple snippet of code to write, though I\'m unable to compile for a reason which I do not understand.

The following simplifie

Answer 1

The error message is very clear; &buffer is of the type char (*)[9], i.e., a pointer to an array of char with 9 elements (yes, arrays are fully fledged types).

That is not the same as a char*. However, arrays degrade to pointers to the first element when needed, so...

char *pbuffer = buffer;