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how to read an array of strings in C++

Apr 12th, 2007

hi all! i m trying to input an array of strings same as we input array of integers. by declaring a 2 dimensianal array runnig 2 for loops like

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for(i=0;i<m;i++)
for(j=0;j<n;j++)
cin>>arr[i,j]
for(i=0;i<m;i++)
for(j=0;j<n;j++)
cin>>arr[i,j]

plz help me i m in great confusion because by doing in this way, i m not getting the actual no of strings

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Re: how to read an array of strings in C++

Apr 12th, 2007

No need to that a way.
Here's how you could do that:

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char str[5][50];
for(int i=0; i<5; i++)
{
     cin >>  str[i];
}
char str[5][50];
for(int i=0; i<5; i++)
{
     cin >>  str[i];
}

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Re: how to read an array of strings in C++

Apr 12th, 2007

Hey, I asked the same thing yesterday! If you look a bit further down the board there’s a thread called 2d array of strings. You should find what you’re looking for there hopefully!