array of strings

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input :
T - test cases
and then next T lines. Each line contains a word(string). I want to take them as an input and store them in a 2D array, like

char string[T][ ];

example input :

3
abcd
bcdb
ddc

I don't want to use cs50's string data type.

Use vectors in Standard Template Library in C++
– sinister
Nov 29, 2014 at 1:30 — sinister, Nov 29, 2014 at 1:30

kzidane · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-27 21:57:01Z

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You need to determine the maximum length of any string that your program takes as input then to create your array like that

char T[n][max];

where n is the total number of strings and max is the maximum length of a string + 1 for the null character.

answered Nov 27, 2014 at 21:57

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char* T[n] is an array of pointers to chars and can be used to store dynamically sized strings (you'll need to malloc). If you want a dynamic array of dynamically sized strings then you will need to use a method such as linked lists instead of a static array.
– Nick Young
Jan 22, 2016 at 13:37

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