JB> int pointer;
 JB> pointer = new *int[2];            // These are the 3
 JB> pointer[0] = new int[total[0]];   // bad lines
 JB> pointer[1] = new int[total[1]];   //
int *pointer;
pointer = new *int[2];
pointer[0] = ....etc...
You just forgot the * in the first of those lines.
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