Why does the GNU compiler start yelling when I try to either return a cstring var, or pass it by reference.

Ex.
char[] RetrieveDataFromInput (ifstream Input );

and
char RetrieveDataFromInput (ifstream& Input );

Thanks

I think your line of code is trying to return a 'character'... not an array of characters. You might want to try just making the function void, and adding the cstring to your paramater list, and using pass by reference to return.

ex:
void RetrieveDataFromInput (ifstream& Input, char& ReturnCstring[]);