Hello, I am writing a program that does matrix Multiplication using 2-dimensional arrays and a Matrix Class. The program compiles without any errors but when I get to the part of the program where it actually multiplies the 2 matrices it throws an exception. I've looked through the code several times and I can't figure out why it's doing this.

Here is the error I get

Unhandled exception at 0x01002e23 in mm.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000000.

Here is my code:

//matrix.h

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include "date.h"

#define isnan(x) ((x) != (x))
//#define DEBUG
#define ERROR

using namespace std;


class cMatrix
{
private:
        //Declare Matricies
    int** m_matrix1;                            //First Matrix
    int** m_matrix2;                            //Second Matrix
    int** m_product;                            //Product Matrix
        
        //Declare Columns and Rows of Matrix
    int m_row1, m_col1,                         //Matrix 1
        m_row2, m_col2;                         //Matrix 2

        //Declare Number of Times Program Has Run
    //int runThru;

        //Declare Date Class
    cDate* m_date;
    
        //Declare Error State
    bool m_error;

        //Declare Private Functions
    bool getRowsnCols(int&, int&);              //Initialize Matrices
    bool initMatrices(int**, int, int);         //Retrieve Input from User
    void multiplyMatrices();                    //Multiply Matricies


public:
    cMatrix();
    ~cMatrix();

    void Run();
    bool Error() {  return m_error;  }
};
//matrix.cpp

#include "matrix.h"

ifstream din;
ofstream mout, dout;

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                         //
//  Matrix Class Constructor.............................  //
//    .............................................{cMCC}  //
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

cMatrix::cMatrix()
: m_matrix1(NULL), m_matrix2(NULL), m_row1(0), m_col1(0), 
  m_row2(0), m_col2(0), m_date(NULL), m_error(false)
{
    din.open("debug.in");
    mout.open("product.out", ios::app);
    dout.open("debug.out");
}


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                         //
//  Get Rows & Columns...................................  //
//    ............................................{cMgRC}  //
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

bool cMatrix::getRowsnCols(int& row, int& col)
{
        //Get Number of Rows
    cout << "Enter the Number of Rows\n"
         << "$> ";
    cin >> row;
    cout << endl;

    if (row == 0)
    {
        cout << "ERROR: Number of Rows Cannot Be 0!\n";
        m_error = 1;
        system("pause");

        return 0;
    }

#ifdef isnan

    if (isnan(row))
    {
        cout << "ERROR: Number of Rows must be a number!\n";
        m_error = 1;
        system("pause");

        return 0;
    }

#endif //isnan

        //Get Number of Columns
    cout << "Enter the Number of Columns\n"
         << "$> ";
    cin >> col;
    cout << endl;

    if (col == 0)
    {
        cout << "ERROR: Number of Columns Cannot Be 0!\n";
        m_error = 1;
        system("pause");

        return 0;
    }

#ifdef isnan

    if (isnan(col))
    {
        cout << "ERROR: Number of Columns must be a number!\n";
        m_error = 1;
        system("pause");

        return 0;
    }

#endif //isnan

    mout << "Rows: " << row << endl;
    mout << "Cols: " << col << endl << endl;


    return 1;
}


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                         //
//  Initialize Matrices..................................  //
//    .............................................{cMiM}  //
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

bool cMatrix::initMatrices(int** mat, int r, int c)
{    
    mat = new int* [r];

    int x, y;

    for (x = 0; x < r; x++)
        mat[x] = new int[c];

    mat[0][0] = 0;

    for (x = 0; x < r; x++)
    {
        for (y = 0; y < c; y++)
        {
            cout << "Enter Number for Position\n"
            << "(" << x << "," << y << ")$> ";
            
                cin >> mat[x][y];
            
            cout << endl;
        }
    }


    for (x = 0; x < r; x++)
    {
        for (y = 0; y < c; y++)
        {
            cout << mat[x][y] << "  ";
            mout << mat[x][y] << "  ";
        }

        cout << endl;
        mout << endl;
    }

    mout << endl;

    return 1;
}


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                         //
//  Multiply Matricies...................................  //
//    .............................................{cMmM}  //
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

void cMatrix::multiplyMatrices()
{
    m_product = new int* [m_row1];

      int y,x,z;
    

   for (int i = 0; i < m_row1; i++)
        m_product[i] = new int[m_col2];
    
    for (x = 0; x < m_row1; x++)
    {
        for (y = 0; y < m_col2; y++)
        {
            m_product[x][y] = 0;

            for (z = 0; z < m_row1; z++)
            {
                m_product[x][y] += m_matrix1[x][z] * m_matrix2[z][y];    
            }

			cout << m_product[x][y] << "  ";
            mout << m_product[x][y] << "  ";
        }
		cout << endl;
        mout << endl << endl;
    }
}


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                         //
//  Run Matrix Program...................................  //
//    ............................................{cMrun}  //
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

void cMatrix::Run()
{
    m_date = new cDate;

    string date = m_date->dtStr();


    mout << "================================================"
         << endl << date << endl
         << "================================================"
         << endl << endl;

    cout << "#####################\n"
         << "## Matrix 1        ##\n"
         << "#####################\n\n";
    
    mout << "#####################" << endl
         << "## Matrix 1        ##" << endl
         << "#####################" << endl << endl;

    getRowsnCols(m_row1, m_col1);

    cout << "##\n"
         << "## Input numbers\n"
         << "#####################\n\n";


    initMatrices(m_matrix1, m_row1, m_col1);


    cout << "#####################\n"
         << "## Matrix 2        ##\n"
         << "#####################\n\n";

    mout << "#####################" << endl
         << "## Matrix 2        ##" << endl
         << "#####################" << endl << endl;

    getRowsnCols(m_row2, m_col2);

    cout << "##\n"
         << "## Input numbers\n"
         << "#####################\n\n";

    initMatrices(m_matrix2, m_row2, m_col2);

    cout << "The Product of the 2 Matricies Are:\n";

    multiplyMatrices();
}


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                         //
//  Matrix Class Destructor..............................  //
//    .............................................{cMCD}  //
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

cMatrix::~cMatrix()
{
    delete m_matrix1;
    
    delete m_matrix2;

    delete m_product;

    delete m_date;
}
//main.cpp
#include "matrix.h"

cMatrix* m_matrix;

int main()
{
    m_matrix = new cMatrix;

    cout << "############################################\n"
         << "############################################\n"
         << "##                                        ##\n"
         << "## Welcome to Matrix Multiplier           ##\n"
         << "##                     by David Levinson  ##\n"
         << "##                                        ##\n"
         << "############################################\n"
         << "############################################\n\n\n";

    if (m_matrix->Error())
    {
        cout << "Program Error! Exiting Program!\n";
        system("pause");

        return 0;
    }
    
    m_matrix->Run();

    system("pause");

    return 0;
}

Use a debugger, and it will point you at the line of code which is dereferencing a NULL pointer.

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