Question

I’m trying to make an array of arrays containing 2 lists of strings (one singular and one plural).

string item_name[2][6];
string item_name[0] = {"bag of CinnaCandies", "can of Arizona Tea", "Starbucks Mocha Frappe", "copy of Section 8: Prejudice", "Sushi Box", "pair of Nike Jordans"};
string item_name[1] = {"bags of CinnaCandies", "cans of Arizona Tea", "Starbucks Mocha Frappes", "copies of Section 8: Prejudice", "Sushi Boxes", "pairs of Nike Jordans"};

I don’t know the proper syntax to do this and I’d like to keep it as an array of 2 arrays so I can have code that says:

if (quantity > 1)
    {
        cout << item_name[0][index];
    }
    else
    {
        cout << item_name[1][index];
    }

Thanks. 🙂

Answer 1

Initialise normally, but instead of a regular constant you use a sub-array:

string item_name[2][6] = {
    {"bag of CinnaCandies", "can of Arizona Tea", "Starbucks Mocha Frappe", "copy of Section 8: Prejudice", "Sushi Box", "pair of Nike Jordans"},
    {"bags of CinnaCandies", "cans of Arizona Tea", "Starbucks Mocha Frappes", "copies of Section 8: Prejudice", "Sushi Boxes", "pairs of Nike Jordans"}
};