How to build Array of strings in C

Question

How do I build an array of following type in C?

arr = [['S', 'NP+NP', 'S'],['S', 'NP+NUMBER', 'VP+VERB'],['S', 'VERB', 'NP']]

R Sahu · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-05 04:57:34Z

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char const* arr[][3] = {{"S", "NP+NP", "S"}, {"S", "NP+NUMBER", "VP+VERB"}, {"S", "VERB", "NP"}};

answered Jun 5, 2014 at 4:57

R Sahu

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Muhammad Zaighum · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-05 05:18:20Z

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 const   char *strs[] = {"foo", "bar", "bletch", ...};

and you can access them like this

  for(int i = 0; i < NUMBER_OF_STRINGS; i++) {
        printf("%d: %s\n", i, strs[i]);
    }

answered Jun 5, 2014 at 4:58

Muhammad Zaighum

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it should be const char * or you'll probably have problem when editting it

why this should be constant ? this works fine. the NUMBER_OF_STRINGS should be constance when declaring.

Because "foo", et'al are read-only literals. and NUMBER_OF_STRINGS is actually optional in this case.