Comments by h.lee (Top 4 by date)

No, I did not modify the char codes[100][8]; declaration. As mentioned in my original post, without the (char *) cast I would get the "cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char (*)[8]' to 'char **'." error.

Also I did not use two parameters in my template since I do not need the first dimension. However, I will switch to your other solution to check the bounds.

Thanks.

Wow, that's some trick! It would be perfect if there's a way to rid of the second argument.

Thanks for your input but the suggestion does not work - please see my expanded question above.