elements of a pointer array unreachable when passed to a function - c++

Question

I cannot print the values of a character array, even when I pass the array with the address of its first element:
vbv_packet = Packet::create(&username[0],
&password[0], Packet::VBV, Packet::DATA,
bytea_from_memptr(& new_mr, car_multirecord::HEADER_SIZE +
(new_mr.get_count() * sizeof(car_compact_record))));
And in the definition function I try to print the array values like this:
static Packet::ptr create(const char* username, const char* password,RTCINET_COMMANDS cmd, RTCINET_COMMANDS subcmd, Packet::ptr_bytea ba)
// TODO: unsigned short command_seq, data_seq, length
{
//Add user authentication fields, username n password here
std::cout << "********** CREATING PACKET";
std::cout << "sizeof username: " << strlen(username);
std::cout << "sizeof password: " << strlen(password);
for(int i = 0; i < strlen(username); i++)
{
std::cout << *(username + sizeof(char) * i);
}
std::cout << "\n";
for(int j = 0; j < strlen(password); j++)
{
std::cout << password[j];
}
needless to say, the two string are defined as:
const char username[] = "ARG-CO";
const char password[] = "xxxxx!";
where am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

vbv_packet = Packet::create(username,
password, Packet::VBV, Packet::DATA,
bytea_from_memptr(& new_mr, car_multirecord::HEADER_SIZE +
(new_mr.get_count() * sizeof(car_compact_record))));
Should be correct, what are you trying to achieve here:
for(int i = 0; i < strlen(username); i++)
{
std::cout << *(username + sizeof(char) * i);
}
Why are you doing this *(username + sizeof(char) * i), If you wanna print every character in this char array use it like this : username[i]
Is it printing the password correctly?