c:\temp\lab11out\lab11out.cpp(37) : error C2664: 'getWords' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'char *' to 'char *[]'
        Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
c:\temp\lab11out\lab11out.cpp(40) : error C2664: 'displayInfo' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'char *' to 'char *[]'
        Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
c:\temp\lab11out\lab11out.cpp(58) : error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'char' to 'char *'
        Conversion from integral type to pointer type requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
c:\temp\lab11out\lab11out.cpp(64) : error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'char' to 'char *'
        Conversion from integral type to pointer type requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast 

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

void getString(char* string, int max_length);
void getWords(char *orig_string, char* words[], int* word_length, int& wc);
void displayInfo(char* orig_string, char* words[], int* word_length, int word_count);

int main()
{
	//Variable Declaration/Initialization
	const int MAX_LENGTH = 255;
	char name[MAX_LENGTH] = {'\0'};
	char *string;
	const int MAX_ELE = 50;
	char ptr[MAX_ELE]; 
	char* words;
	int wl[MAX_ELE];
	int* word_length;
	int wc = 0;

	//Make string and words point to set array
	string = name;
	words = ptr; 
	word_length = wl;

	//Function call

	//1. Prompting user for sentence
	getString(name, MAX_LENGTH);

	//2. Counting words in sentence and letters in words
	getWords(name, words, word_length, wc);

	//3. Displaying info
	displayInfo(name, words, word_length, wc);

	return 0;
}

void getString(char* string, int max_length)
{
	cout << "Original string: ";
	cin.getline(string, max_length);
}

void getWords(char* orig_string, char* words[], int* word_length, int& wc)
{
	//Allocating adress of first letter of each word
	int i = 0;
	int wl = 0;
	int count = 0;
	//Trying to assign the adress of the first letter to the first element of pointer words array
	words[i] = orig_string[i];
	for( i = 0; orig_string[i] != '\0'; i++ )
	{
		if( orig_string[i] == ' ' )
		{
			count++;
			words[i] = orig_string[i];
		}
	}
	
	
	//Word length
	int j = 0;
	while (j < i)
	{
		//Count letters as long as null terminator is not reached
		while (words[j] != '\0')
		{
			wl++;
		}
		//Increase counter for each word
		j++;
	}
	
	word_length[j] = wl;

	//Word count
	wc = i+1;
}

void displayInfo(char* orig_string, char* words[], int* word_length, int word_count)
{
	cout << "Number of words: " << word_count << endl;
	for (int i = 0; i < word_count ; i++)
	{
		cout << left << setw(20) << "Word 1: " << *words[i];
		cout << left << setw(20) << "Length of Word " << i+1 << ": " << word_length[i];
	}
}