The Complete Reference C++(Third Edition)

The Complete Reference C++(Third Edition)


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Arrays of Strings
It is not uncommon in programming to use an array of strings. For example, th
processor to a database may verify user commands against an array of valid
commands. To create an array of null-terminated strings, use a two-dimension
character array. The size of the left index determines the number of strings and
of the right index specifies the maximum length of each string. The following c
declares an array of 30 strings, each with a maximum length of 79 characters
char str_array[30][80];
It is easy to access an individual string: You simply specify only the left ind
example, the following statement calls gets() with the third string instr_array
gets(str_array[2]);
The preceding statement is functionally equivalent to
gets(&str_array[2][0]);
but the first of the two forms is much more common in professionally written
C/C++ code.