Store string into array in c

Question

As i know, i can create an array with item inside such as:

char *test1[3]= {\"arrtest\",\"ao\", \"123\"};

but how can i store my input into arr

Answer 1

You need a 2 dimensional character array to have an array of strings:

#include 

int main()
{
    char strings[3][256];
    scanf("%s %s %s", strings[0], strings[1], strings[2]);
    printf("%s\n%s\n%s\n", strings[0], strings[1], strings[2]);
}