CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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CloudWave
CloudWave

Reputation: 1085

C - How to assign value to char**

How to assign value to char** in C.

char** departmentList;

departmentList[0] = "hahaha";

above code is running in a function but failed all other places. Im using gcc 10.2.0 as the compiler.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 472

Answers (1)

MikeCAT
MikeCAT

Reputation: 75062

You must allocate some buffer to departmentList before dereferencing that.

char** departmentList;

departmentList = malloc(sizeof(*departmentList)); // allocate

departmentList[0] = "hahaha";

Add #include <stdlib.h> (if it is not present) to use malloc().

Upvotes: 1

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