Trouble with strings and arrays

[neptunusmaris]

Oh hey yall,

I'm having a problem with a program with these directions:
"
Create a program that allows a user to enter up to five names
of friends. Use a two-dimensional array to store the friends’
names. After each name is entered, the user should have the
option to enter another name or print out a report that shows
each name entered thus far.
"

Every time I choose to print out the names it doesn't print them out correctly.

And here is my code so far:

/********************************************************************
Name: <sourcename>
Author: <author>
Description: <description>
*********************************************************************/

#include <stdio.h>

void menu(void);

int menu_op = 1;

int main(void) {
	char names[5][2];
	
	printf("\tName Entry (Enter up to 5 names)\n\n");
	
	int a = 0;
	for ( ; a < 5; a++) {
		names[a][0] = '\0';
		names[a][1] = '\0';
	}
	
	int i = 0;
	for ( ; i < 5; i++) {
		if (menu_op == 1) {
			printf("Enter first name and last name separated by a space: ");
			scanf("%s%s", &names[i][0], &names[i][1]);
		}
		
		if (menu_op == 2) {
			int j = 0;
			printf("\nNames that have been entered:");
			for ( ; j < 5; j++)
				printf("\n\t%s %s", &names[j][0], &names[j][1]);
		}
		
		if (menu_op == 3)
			break;
		
		menu();
	}
	//printf("\n\t%s %s", &names[0][0], &names[0][1]);
	int j = 0;
	printf("\nNames that have been entered:");
	for ( ; j < 5; j++)
		printf("\n\t%s %s", &names[j][0], &names[j][1]);
	
	return 0;
}

void menu(void) {
	printf("\nMenu:\n");
	printf("\n1 Enter another name");
	printf("\n2 Show names entered");
	printf("\n3 Quit");
	printf("\nEnter menu option: ");
	scanf("%d", &menu_op);
}

[Brafil]

You have defined an array of 5 arrays of 2 chars aka letters. Shouldn't it be 2 arrays of arrays of letters?

[neptunusmaris]

You have defined an array of 5 arrays of 2 chars aka letters. Shouldn't it be 2 arrays of arrays of letters?

.... ohhhhhhhhhhh yes yes

[neptunusmaris]

.... ohhhhhhhhhhh yes yes

I'm such an idiot ...I'm sooo used to php and python arrays as ive been programming with those languages for long time and get really confused...

Oh and thanks for the tip!

Here is the fixed code:

/********************************************************************
Name: <sourcename>
Author: <author>
Description: <description>
*********************************************************************/

#include <stdio.h>

void menu(void);

int menu_op = 1;

int main(void) {
	char names[5][30];
	
	printf("\tName Entry (Enter up to 5 names)\n\n");
	
	int i = 0;
	for ( ; i < 5; i++) {
		if (menu_op == 1) {
			printf("Enter a name: ");
			scanf("%s", names[i]);
		}
		
		if (menu_op == 2) {
			int j = 0;
			printf("\nNames that have been entered:");
			for ( ; j < 5; j++)
				printf("\n\t%s", names[j]);
		}
		
		if (menu_op == 3)
			break;
		
		menu();
	}
	//printf("\n\t%s", &names[0]);
	int j = 0;
	printf("\nNames that have been entered:");
	for ( ; j < 5; j++)
		printf("\n\t%s", names[j]);
	
	return 0;
}

void menu(void) {
	printf("\nMenu:\n");
	printf("\n1 Enter another name");
	printf("\n2 Show names entered");
	printf("\n3 Quit");
	printf("\nEnter menu option: ");
	scanf("%d", &menu_op);
}