How can I print out string records stored in a two-dimensional array?

Question

I am working on a project using C. I store several records in a two-dimensional array of strings, where one string is the record name and the other string is the actual value. For example:

myArray[0][0] = "filename1";
myArray[0][1] = "somefile.txt";
myArray[1][0] = "filename2";
myArray[1][1] = "anotherfile.txt";
// and so on ...

I know how to store the values in the array, but I'm not sure how to print them out. Can you please help me figure it out?

Answer 1

try if you are working with a 2d array chars (ie 1d array of strings)

your_2d_array[0] = "file_name_1" /* and so on ... */


for( i = 0 ; i < num_of_file_names ; i++ )
{
    printf("%s\n", your_2d_array[i]);
}

If you are working with a 2d array of strings (ie 3d array of chars) as the edit seems to indicated then simply do the following

for( i = 0; i < num_of_file_names ; i++ )
{
    printf("%s : %s \n", your_2d_array[i][0], your_2d_array[i][1] );
}

Answer 2

I would go with the following:

int recordIndex;
for (recordIndex = 0; recordIndex < num_records; recordIndex++)
{
    printf("%s: %s\n", myArray[recordIndex][0], myArray[recordIndex][1]);
}

Which will output as follows:

filename1: somefile.txt
filename2: anotherfile.txt
...