Thread: multidimentional array of strings ???

Well the way to keep those two things associated is to use a structure, not a 2D array where the minor dimension is a small constant (ie 2).

As well as being more readable, its also far more extendable.

Here's the general idea of the bits you need - if you've got the file reading bit all figured out, shouldn't be too difficult.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

typedef struct {
    char *code;
    char *name;
} product_st;

// you may have strdup in your library
char *string_dup ( char *name ) {
    char *res = malloc( strlen(name) + 1 );
    strcpy( res, name );
    return res;
}

int main ( ) {
    char in_code[100], in_name[100];    // input strings
    int num_products = 0;               // number so far

    int max_products = 100;             // initial guess
    product_st *products = malloc( max_products * sizeof(product_st) );

    // read the file to get string
    // this goes inside your loop.
        products[num_products].code = string_dup( in_code );
        products[num_products].name = string_dup( in_name );
        num_products++;

        if ( num_products == max_products ) {
            // read about realloc
        }
    // end loop

    return 0;
}