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String array with pointers

C Program: String array with pointers

#include <stdio.h>
 
int main() {
    // Array of pointers to strings
    char *names[] = {"Alice", "Bob", "Charlie", "David", "Emma"};
    int i;
 
    printf("List of Names:\n");
 
    // Loop to display each string
    for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
        printf("%s\n", names[i]);
    }
 
    return 0;
}

 
OUTPUT :
List of Names:
Alice
Bob
Charlie
David
Emma

Explanation

• char *names[] is an array of character pointers, where each pointer points to the first character of a string literal.
• Each element (names[i]) is a string (or more precisely, a pointer to a character array).
• The program loops through the array and prints all the strings.