2D Array's, assigning chars.

**gman89** · 04-26-2008

Sorry, I actually didn't copy the code from the program, I just rushed it quickly. This is how it was:

Code:

#define ROWS 5
#define COLMNS 5

char array[5][5];

while(y < COLMNS) {
   fgets(array[i], ROWS, stdin);
   i++;
   y++  ;
}

Yeah the second example is quite stupid, but what I want is just the user to enter input, hitting return for a new line(I'm actually trying to avoid using fgets to be honest). Example :

Enter chars:
1 . 4 a g
1 2 3 4 5
. . ! t x
a b c d e
5 4 3 2 1

Your array is:
1 . 4 a g
1 2 3 4 5
. . ! t x
a b c d e
5 4 3 2 1

**swoopy** · 04-26-2008

Maybe something like:

Code:

#define ROWS 5
#define COLMNS 5

char array[ROWS][COLMNS];
char line[6];

y = 0;
while(y < ROWS) {
   fgets(line, sizeof line, stdin);
   memcpy(array[y], line, COLMNS);
   y++  ;
}

Or using getchar():

Code:

#define ROWS 5
#define COLMNS 5

char array[ROWS][COLMNS];
int ch, r, c;

for (r=0; r<ROWS; r++)
{
   c = 0;
   while ((ch = getchar()) != '\n')
   {
      if (c < COLMNS) array[r][c++] = ch;
   }
}

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