Multi-dimensional char array (array of strings) in python ctypes

Question

I\'m trying to pass an array of character arrays to a C function using ctypes.

void cfunction(char ** strings)
{
 strings[1] = \"bad\"; //works not what I ne         


        

Answer 1

Use something like

input = ((c_char * 4) * 2)()
input[0].value = "str"
input[0][0] == "s"
input[0][1] == "t" # and so on...

Simple usage:

>>> a =((c_char * 4) * 2)()
>>> a
<__main__.c_char_Array_4_Array_2 object at 0x9348d1c>
>>> a[0]
<__main__.c_char_Array_4 object at 0x9348c8c>
>>> a[0].raw
'\x00\x00\x00\x00'
>>> a[0].value
''
>>> a[0].value = "str"
>>> a[0]
<__main__.c_char_Array_4 object at 0x9348c8c>
>>> a[0].value
'str'
>>> a[0].raw
'str\x00'
>>> a[1].value
''
>>> a[0][0]
's'
>>> a[0][0] = 'x'
>>> a[0].value
'xtr'