Question about strings n chars

I have just revived my interest in c and I have the following problem:

I am trying to store an array filled with strings:

Code:

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arraystrings[]={" 5 ms", " 10ms", "15 ms"};

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Then I need to select one of the array string elements :

Code:

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array[0]=" 5 ms"

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Now I need to extract the individual characters out of the selected string:

Code:

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char array[0][0]=' '
char array[0][1]='5'
char array[0][2]=' '
char array[0][3]='m'
char array[0][4]='s'

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Can someone explain to me how to do this? How do you initalize the array and then select a string element the select a character. An example would be great.

I am trying to save a large string array and then output the characters for the chosen string element on an LCD display one by one but I haven't crossed this bridge yet


Thanks
Chris

Um... Something like this:

Code:

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char *numwords[] = {"Zero", "One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five" };

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numwords[0] would be "Zero", and numwords[0][0] would be 'Z'.

Edit: FYI, as I have declared it, you are not allowed to edit these C-strings, btw. (ie. You can't overwrite them with new data.)

I just finished doing something like this.

I used str.length, substr and a loop. It worked pretty effectively, just set the substring length to one character, and limit the loop with the returned value from the length.


Edit: Oh yeah, I didn't use c-strings.


um, play around with the string class, it's good fun, and it would make this pretty easy.

If this is C++, then std::string is suggested instead. And if you want an array of strings, then I suggest you take a look into boost::array for better C++-style arrays.

Yep I knew I was pretty close.
You nailed it

thanks
chris

don't use substr just for getting a single character. use the at() function.