Array of chars of chars of, wait, uh...

OK, I am trying to get an array of strings, and no I cannot do

char blah[100];

I want to have an array of STRINGS. Meaning I can call something like

blah[100];
and I will get something like "This is the 100th *string*". Now the problem is I have to have strings stored and not chars so is it possible to do this? I can just do a billion chars declared but thats no fun . I also dont want to have separate blocks, like blah[1-100] for this and blah[101-200] for this, I would rather have another way to do this but I don't know how



PS. Keep off-topic/non-helping posts *gone*

[DesertWolf]

Use a multidimentual array like this

char[number of string][string data];

I think that would do what you are looking for.

PS: is Ilya getting irritating?

Doh! Doh! Doh! How did I not think of that! Doh!

So I can just do:

char blah[100][100];

and will the info in the first dimension be kept? (in JS it is wiped :butt: ) But arg! I can't believe I didn't think of that!

Thanks :o <-- *An embarrased Vlad *

[DesertWolf]

I would use the first array as an index for my second array that would hold the string info.
It will be kept in C++, Java and Cocoa I haven't done JS so I don't know about that.

Originally posted by DesertWolf
I would use the first array as an index for my second array that would hold the string info.

Well all I need to do is just be able to call a string, I don't really have info in the first array. But a good suggestion

[DesertWolf]

Really won't make much diffence unless you are going to be doing any sorting on the array.

Originally posted by DesertWolf
Really won't make much diffence unless you are going to be doing any sorting on the array.

Actually I could hold the size of the string in the first array. Not a bad idea.


PS. Just so you know, I am working on porting something from JS to C, and I could just use normal old Arrays in JS by doing new Array() and forgot how to in C.

[DesertWolf]

What OS are you porting too? MS or Linux?

Originally posted by DesertWolf
What OS are you porting too? MS or Linux?

Not OS, I am porting from language to language, because right now JS only works in web browsers but I want to be able to access it in CLI (because I am learning C and need to learn stuff...) But the JS should work on all OS's with a JS compatible browser and the C should work on UNIX, althought if it works on M$ O$ too that wouldn't be bad

[DesertWolf]

Well to make things easier on yourself, you could use the <string.h> or <string> if you are using namespaces. then you could just use an array of strings and not worry about that char as string BS. try this site.
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Prog..._10355710.html

It might help.

[Ilya020]

nice site...

OK, thanks, I'll check them out and see if they help. I am probably going to be writing AALLOOTT of functions... Because I need to learn But thanks,

<strange rambling>
Thank god for getchar, because it gets the value of the input in the UNICODE value :rock: If you have no idea what I am talking about, it may be because you need to see the program to get it

[Ilya020]

wait, is your encryption/decryption program?

Originally posted by ilya020
wait, is your encryption/decryption program?

If thats what you want to call it (it sucks!) If you want I can paste the URL here so every can have a good laugh at the source

[Ilya020]

sure, I need some cheering up

Ilya