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Subj : Re: strange string pointer to strings...?
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : mujeebrm
Date : Fri Sep 30 2005 12:52 am

Hi Sir Thomas,

this is original code example which i had modified and posted from the book 
C++ The Complete Reference,3rd ed. written by Herb Schildt.

thanx
mujeeb.

/* A simple dictionary. */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>

/* list of words and meanings */
char  *dic[][40] = {
  "atlas", "A volume of maps.",
  "car", "A motorized vehicle.",
  "telephone", "A communication device.",
  "airplane", "A flying machine.",
  "", ""  /* null terminate the list */
};

int main(void)
{
  char word[80], ch;
  char **p;

  do {
    puts("\nEnter word: ");
    scanf("%s", word);

    p = (char **)dic;

    /* find matching word and print its meaning */
    do {
      if(!strcmp(*p, word)) {
        puts("Meaning:");
        puts(*(p+1));
        break;
      }
      if(!strcmp(*p, word)) break;
      p = p + 2;  /* advance through the list */
    } while(*p);
    if(!*p) puts("Word not in dictionary.");
    printf("Another? (y/n): ");
    scanf(" %c%*c", &ch);
  } while(toupper(ch) != 'N');

  return 0;
}

"Thomas Maeder [TeamB]" <maeder@glue.ch> wrote in
>
>> char **sp=0,w[10];
>> int c;
>
> Having read the above-mentioned textbook chapters, what do these
> statements mean?
>
> Going on doesn't make any sense before you can answer this question.

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