>>2) define the array in a class and pass that class into your method as a copy - not as a pointer or a reference. or try to pull one over on you. these glasses have been found and handed into the office. the custard was fine and works on its own just as well as in a pie. if you have to ask a question like that then you already have your answer. i find this drawing daring and exhilarating. so, don’t make yourself a part of someone else’s second and third mistakes – or you’d be repeating your last mistake. 