::> int pointer;
 should be:
int *pointer[2];
since you want an array of 2 pointers to int.
::> pointer = new *int[2];            // These are the 3
remove this, the first line handles it.
::> pointer[0] = new int[total[0]];   // bad lines
::> pointer[1] = new int[total[1]];   //
now this should work as expected.
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