Initializing a Char*[]

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DogDog picture DogDog · Feb 10, 2010 · Viewed 67.7k times · Source

Question is in the title, how do I initialize a char*[] and give values to it in C++, thank you.

Answer

Stephen Cross picture Stephen Cross · Feb 10, 2010

Though you're probably aware, char*[] is an array of pointers to characters, and I would guess you want to store a number of strings. Initializing an array of such pointers is as simple as:

char ** array = new char *[SIZE];

...or if you're allocating memory on the stack:

char * array[SIZE];

You would then probably want to fill the array with a loop such as:

for(unsigned int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++){
    // str is likely to be an array of characters
    array[i] = str;
}

As noted in the comments for this answer, if you're allocating the array with new (dynamic allocation) remember to delete your array with:

delete[] array;

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