Subj : strange string pointer to strings...?
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : mujeebrm
Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 11:44 pm

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(void)
{

/* this does not make sense to me that when i keep adding rows and columns
   of strings to this array of pointers to strings it just keeps
   going on, any explanation for this ?
*/
char *s[][5]= {
"one","qwer",
"two", "rewq",
"three", "qwer",
"four", "rewq",
"five", "qwertttt",
" ", " "
};

char **sp=0,w[10];
int c;

do
{
 gets(w);
 sp = (char **)s;//why r we supposed to init this pointer to pointer to 
strings
                 // again and again thru the loop
 do
 {
  if(!stricmp(*sp, w) ){
   puts( *(sp+1) );// how this prints the right string in array
   break;
  }

  if(!stricmp(*sp, w) )break;
  sp+=2; // wat is this
 }while(*sp);

c=getch();

}while(c != 'n');

 getch();

return (0);
}

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