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From: als@bohra.cpg.oz (Anthony Shipman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.std.c
Subject: Re: Arrays of pointers
Message-ID: <110@bohra.cpg.oz>
Date: 29 May 90 09:36:36 GMT
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In article <009375FB.7DA0D5C0@rigel.efd.lth.se>, e89hse@rigel.efd.lth.se writes:
> In article <1990May28.145851.2407@cs.utk.edu>, wozniak@utkux1.utk.edu (Bryon Lape) writes:
> >	What I need to know is how to have a dynamic length array of
> >fixed length character strings.  Basically, I need an array of strings
> >14 characters long.  I tried
> >	char *array[14]
> >but this sets up an array for variable length strings (14 array
> >elements).  what I need is the opposite.  Any ideas?
> 
>  Try with:
> 	char (*array)[14];
>  or maybe even
>  	char (*array)[14+1];
> 
>  Henrik Sandell

How does this sound?

typedef char string14[14];

string14	*list;
or
string14	list[] = {....};

At least this way I don't have to worry about precedence in type declarations.
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