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From: hamilton@uiucuxc.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: argv[n][n] doesn't exist
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Date: Sun, 7-Dec-86 13:31:00 EST
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walton@ametek says:
> Ahem...argv is not a two dimensional array, but rather an array of pointers.
> As such, it CANNOT be addressed with two subscripts as argv[n][n].  There
> is a difference, see K&R for details.

    actually, argv isn't even an array of pointers; it's a pointer to an
array of pointers.
    true, there ARE some differences; "sizeof(argv)" is independent of the
size of the strings, for instance.  but it is time-honored tradition to
reference arg string characters by double-indexing argv.  this is part of
the beauty of C's pointer/array semantics.

	wayne hamilton
	U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL
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