macOS Making a String Array in C

[aarplane]

Hey guys,

I'd like to make an array of strings in C, but I'm unsure of how to do so.

Entries in this array will be output-ed to a field on a form.

Thanks in advance!

 

[laprej]

There are a number of ways to do this. One way, if you just want to output various strings is this:

const char *out[] = {"string1", "string2", "string3"};
printf("%s\n", out[1]);

Another, if you're asking for strings, is this:

char input[10][200];
scanf("%s", &input[3]);

 

[Sander]

Another, if you're asking for strings, is this:

char input[10][200];
scanf("%s", &input[3]);

Careful! input[3] is already a char*, so the extra ampersand is spurious. Also, this code is asking for a buffer overrun. If you must use scanf, at least tell it you don't want more than 199 characters (leaving room for the terminating null character):

scanf("%199s", input[3]);