string in matrices

[rithish]

i have a doubt how can we use string in matrices for examples a[0][0]=rohinn a[0][1]=rithish how to do this????

[zeroliken]

start with something like this:

 char array[3][20]= { "one", "two", "three" };
 printf("%s, %s, %s\n", array[0], array[1], array[2]);

for user input you can use a loop for every index

[Ancient Dragon]

If a[0][0] and a[0][1] are both null-terminated strings, then you have to call strcmp() to check of the two strings are the same. The following will produce a two-dimensional array of strings that contain up to 40 characters each.

char a[2][2][40];
strcpy(a[0][0],"Hello");
strcpy(a[0][1],"World");

if( strcmp(a[0][0], a[0][1]) == 0)
{
   printf("Both strings are the same\n");
}

[rithish]

no can we use only if we predefine values like this

char array[3][20]= { "one", "two", "three" };
cant we do like this

printf("enter the limit: ");
scanf("%d%d",m,n);
printf("enter the characters: ");
for(i=0;i<m;i++)
{
for(j=0;j<n;j++)
{
scanf("%c"a[i][j]);
}
}

[zeroliken]

yes you can do it like that for single character user input

[zeroliken]

isn't the code you need similar to the program you posted in this thread. If so if you imply my suggestion of using a 2d array for the variable on the code there then you'll have char array (string) values from user input