how to pass a matrix to a function?

[aquariusmirky]

I'm working on a 6x6 checkers program for AI class,
I'm trying to pass the states as matrices,
for example, starting state is the matrices

int matrix[6][6]=
    {
        {0,2,0,2,0,2},
        {2,0,2,0,2,0},
        {0,0,0,0,0,0},
        {0,0,0,0,0,0},
        {0,1,0,1,0,1},
        {1,0,1,0,1,0}
    };

and I'm trying to pass it to the function

void printBoard(int** matrix)
{
    cout<<"|"<<matrix[0][0]<<"|"<< matrix[0][1]<<"|"<<matrix[0][2]<<"|"<<matrix[0][3]<<"|"<<matrix[0][4]<<"|"<<matrix[0][5]<<"|"<<endl;
    cout<<"|"<<matrix[1][0]<<"|"<< matrix[1][1]<<"|"<<matrix[1][2]<<"|"<<matrix[1][3]<<"|"<<matrix[1][4]<<"|"<<matrix[1][5]<<"|"<<endl;
    cout<<"|"<<matrix[2][0]<<"|"<< matrix[2][1]<<"|"<<matrix[2][2]<<"|"<<matrix[2][3]<<"|"<<matrix[2][4]<<"|"<<matrix[2][5]<<"|"<<endl;
    cout<<"|"<<matrix[3][0]<<"|"<< matrix[3][1]<<"|"<<matrix[3][2]<<"|"<<matrix[3][3]<<"|"<<matrix[3][4]<<"|"<<matrix[3][5]<<"|"<<endl;
    cout<<"|"<<matrix[4][0]<<"|"<< matrix[4][1]<<"|"<<matrix[4][2]<<"|"<<matrix[4][3]<<"|"<<matrix[4][4]<<"|"<<matrix[4][5]<<"|"<<endl;
    cout<<"|"<<matrix[5][0]<<"|"<< matrix[5][1]<<"|"<<matrix[5][2]<<"|"<<matrix[5][3]<<"|"<<matrix[5][4]<<"|"<<matrix[5][5]<<"|"<<endl;
}

and pretty sure i'm not passing the matrix right, help?

[Hippogriff]

The problem is you are trying to accept the matrix as a pointer to a pointer which is not exactly what a multidimensional array is (it's a pointer to an array). There are several conversations about this that you can find on google so I'm not going to repeat everything here.

I would suggest you do this instead
void printBoard(int matrix[][6])
Everything apart from the size of the first subscript is needed.

[TheIdeasMan]

And it would be easier to use nested for loops to do the printing.

HTH