Thread: Inputing Multiple Strings in "One" Array

Hello,
I was wondering if I can input multiple strings in "One" array.
Can it be done? Or not?
If yes, then how?

Please tell me.
Regards

char stringarray[numberofstrings][sizeoflongeststring];

Originally Posted by ahmedbatty

Hello,
I was wondering if I can input multiple strings in "One" array.
Can it be done? Or not?
If yes, then how?

Please tell me.
Regards

If you really want to hold them into a single array you could create a larger array and concatenate each input using strcat. You could use a separator between them and use strtok when you want to divide them again.

Originally Posted by dheaven

If you really want to hold them into a single array you could create a larger array and concatenate each input using strcat. You could use a separator between them and use strtok when you want to divide them again.

Why do all that when you can just make a 2 dimensional array...

Code:

MAX_STRINGS 100
MAX_LENGTH 30

// space for 100 strings 30 characters long

char Words[MAX_STRINGS][MAX_LENGTH];

It amounts to the same thing and you don't have to use strcat() or strtok() to get at them.

Originally Posted by CommonTater

char stringarray[numberofstrings][sizeoflongeststring];

but, how do input using scanf?

Originally Posted by ahmedbatty

but, how do input using scanf?

Code:

scanf("%s",stringarray[index]);

Really... you need to get the documentation for your compiler's libraries and start looking this stuff up for yourself.

Originally Posted by CommonTater

Code:

scanf("%s",stringarray[index]);

Thank you!