How do I create an array of strings in C?

Question

I am trying to create an array of strings in C. If I use this code:

char (*a[2])[14];
a[0]=\"blah\";
a[1]=\"hmm\";

gcc gives me \"warning:

Answer 1

hello you can try this bellow :

 char arr[nb_of_string][max_string_length]; 
 strcpy(arr[0], "word");

a nice example of using, array of strings in c if you want it

#include 
#include 


int main(int argc, char *argv[]){

int i, j, k;

// to set you array
//const arr[nb_of_string][max_string_length]
char array[3][100];

char temp[100];
char word[100];

for (i = 0; i < 3; i++){
    printf("type word %d : ",i+1);
    scanf("%s", word);
    strcpy(array[i], word);
}

for (k=0; k<3-1; k++){
    for (i=0; i<3-1; i++)
    {
        for (j=0; j array[i+1][j])
            {
                strcpy(temp, array[i+1]);
                strcpy(array[i+1], array[i]);
                strcpy(array[i], temp);

                j = 999;
            }

            // if a letter ascii code is smaller we stop
            if (array[i][j] < array[i+1][j])
            {
                    j = 999;
            }

        }
    }
}

for (i=0; i<3; i++)
{
    printf("%s\n",array[i]);
}

return 0;
}