C++ copying chars from static to dynamic array adds a bunch of random elements

Question

I have an static array, but when copying values over to a dynamic array, I get a bunch of nonsense padded on. I need for the resulting dynamic array to be exactly 8 characters

unsigned char cipherText[9]; //Null terminated
cout<<cipherText<<endl;      //outputs = F,ÿi~█ó¡

unsigned char* bytes = new unsigned char[8];  //new dynamic array

//Loop copys each element from static to dynamic array.
for(int x = 0; x < 8; x++)
{       
    bytes[x] = cipherText[x];
}

cout<<bytes;     //output: F,ÿi~█ó¡²²²²½½½½½½½½ε■ε■

Answer 1

You need to update your code to copy the null terminator:

unsigned char* bytes = new unsigned char[9];  //new dynamic array

//Loop copys each element from static to dynamic array.
for(int x = 0; x < 9; x++)
{       
    bytes[x] = cipherText[x];
}

cout<<bytes;

This is assuming that cipherText does in fact contain a null terminated string.