From: REMOVE_THIS_mimo AT restoel DOT net_AND_THIS
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Subject: Re: How to make allocate an array of strings?
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 11:42:10 +0200
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Dan Gold wrote:

> Okay this is a stupid newbie question but I never actually learned how it
> was done, mayby better suited for a C programming group but I want to
> allocate an array of strings.  I understand how to use strings but not
> create them and not multi-dimensional strings.  Could someone please give
> me an example, the array will hold a list of filenames?
>
> // one dimensional
> char * string = (char *)malloc(string_size * sizeof(char));
>
> // two dimensional
>            ??

this depends on if you know the size of the array before:
1. you know the size:
    char *aszStrings[iNumberOfStrings];
    allocate each with:
    char *aszStrings[i] = [your line...];
2. if you dont know the number you might have to use a linked list:
    typedef struct _node_structStringList{
    char *szString;
    _node_structStringList *next;
    }SNodeStringList;

    and so on...


>
>
> Thanks from ((--Dan|Gold--))
> ps: "Does anyone know of a really comprehensive more advanced C programming
> book?" All I see now of days are C++ books.

maybe changing to c++ is the better idea... you can use string classes which
have been already written and tested a thousand times.

cheers

mimo