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aznluvsmc · Oct 14th, 2005, 9:33 PM

If both are essentially equivalent. Isn't there still a limitation on strings2[5][21] where each one dimensional array should only be 20 characters long since the max element is 21? However *strings1[5] imposes no limitation on the length of the string since it's a point to another memory location.

Also is the following code correct?

[code]
int main(void)
{
char *strings1[5];
char strings2[5][21];

strings1[0] = "Hello"; //this will assign the beginning address of the Hello string to the first element?

strings2[0] = "Hello"; //invalid because strings2[0] is an array?
}

Oct 14th, 2005, 9:33 PM	#4
aznluvsmc Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 137 Rep Power: 4	If both are essentially equivalent. Isn't there still a limitation on strings2[5][21] where each one dimensional array should only be 20 characters long since the max element is 21? However strings1[5] imposes no limitation on the length of the string since it's a point to another memory location. Also is the following code correct? [code] int main(void) { char strings1[5]; char strings2[5][21]; strings1[0] = "Hello"; //this will assign the beginning address of the Hello string to the first element? strings2[0] = "Hello"; //invalid because strings2[0] is an array? }