Accessing array pointer in Header file? - c++

Question

By attempting to access the TCPSocket inside my "clientArray" I get a Access Violation error. How would I access it properly?
My header file holds the TCPSocket *clientArray.
public:
TCPsocket *clientArray;
SDLNet_SocketSet aSocketSet;
bool serverOn;
It is defined within my constructor:
clientArray = new TCPsocket[maxsockets];
aSocketSet = SDLNet_AllocSocketSet(maxsockets);
It is accessible within another function of mine (it works here without issue):
void ServerSocket::waitingForConnection() {
std::cout << '\r' << flush << "Players connected: " << playersConnected << ". Listening for connection... ";
TCPsocket newsocket = SDLNet_TCP_Accept(serverSocket);
SDL_Delay(1000);
if (!newsocket){
//std::cout << '\r' << flush << "Listening for connection. ";
//std::cout << SDLNet_GetError() << std::endl;
}
else{
std::cout << '\r' << flush << "Socket (client " << slotnum + 1 << ") created successfully. " << std::endl;
clientArray[slotnum] = newsocket;
int n = SDLNet_TCP_AddSocket(aSocketSet, newsocket);
if (n < 0){
std::cout << "Client " << slotnum + 1 << " failed to connect. " << std::endl;
}
else{
char text[10];
std::cout << "Client " << slotnum + 1 << " added to client array successfully." << std::endl;
serverMessage(slotnum, "2 You are successfully connected to the server.");
std::cout << "Sent connection validation to Client " << slotnum + 1 << "." << endl;
std::cout << "Allocating player " << slotnum + 1 << " with player number ." << endl;
serverData(slotnum, '5', slotnum+1);
//ACCESSING IT HERE WITHOUT ISSUE
SDLNet_TCP_Recv(clientArray[slotnum], text, 10);
std::cout << "received text = " << text << endl;
interpretData(text);
slotnum++;
}
//SDLNet_TCP_Close(newsocket);
//SDLNet_TCP_Close(serverSocket);
//code here
}
}
However later on when I try to access it via another function, I get an Access Violation Error :
Unhandled exception at 0x00AED839 in Server.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x0000000C.
I am calling the problematic function from my Game's Update function as following:
void Game::Update(){
while (g_playersConnected == 2)
{
printGrid();
serverSocket->waitForPlayer((playerTurn-1));
changeTurn();
system("pause");
}
//cout << "Game's Update is running" << endl;
};
This is my other function that is attempting to access the array :
void ServerSocket::waitForPlayer(int playerNum)
{
cout << "Waiting for player " << playerNum + 1 << " (In array : " << playerNum << ")." << endl;
char text[10];
SDLNet_TCP_Recv(clientArray[playerNum], text, 10);
std::cout << "received text = " << text << endl;
interpretData(text);
}
I have not set up Copy constructors or assignment operators and my destructors are just empty blocks at the moment.
ServerSocket::~ServerSocket(){}
Which direction should I go towards solving this issue?
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