Array of Strings in C

In C, an array of strings is essentially an array of character pointers (char *) where each element of the array points to a string (which is an array of characters terminated by a null character '\0'). Strings in C are handled as arrays of characters, so an array of strings is an array where each element holds a pointer to a character array.

Declaration and Initialization

To declare an array of strings, we can use the following syntax:

This declares an array of pointers to char, where each pointer in the array points to a string literal.

Here’s a breakdown of the components:

• char *arr[] — an array of char *, meaning an array where each element is a pointer to a character (i.e., a string).
• { "Hello", "World", "C", "Programming" } — the strings that the array of pointers will point to. Each string is a string literal (automatically null-terminated).