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How to pass a multidimensional array to a function in C and C++

so I have char buffer[4][50]

I need to pass it to a method void SetBuffer(char **buffer) or at least that’s how i think it’s suppose to be formatted.

so I do SetBuffer(buffer);? In the method I need to set each element so

void SetBuffer(char **buffer)
{
strncpy(buffer[0], "something", 50);
strncpy(buffer[1], "something else", 50);
}

how can this be accomplished properly?

Answer 1

The C++ way would be to use a proper container (e.g. std::vector<unsigned char> or std::string) as appropriate.

OTOH, if there’s a particular reason to fall back on arrays, using pointers (as you already do) and passing in the dimensions explicitly are one way to do it..