C get the 2nd char in the 2nd element in array of strings-CodePudding

I have an array of strings. How can I get the char "v" from the second element in the array?

char* name = "Ziv";
char* name2 = "Avinoam";
char* name3 = "Matan";

char** stringsArray[3] = { name, name2, name3 };
printf("v is: %c", *(stringsArray[1])[1]); // I want to get "v" from "Avinoam"

CodePudding user response：

The type of stringsArray is not correct, what you have is an array of pointers to pointer to char, you need an array of pointers to char:

char* stringsArray[] = {name, name2, name3};

Indexing is the same as in a 2D array, you could use pointer notation:

printf("v is: %c", *(*(stringsArray   1)   1));

But using square brackets is much clearer:

printf("v is: %c", stringsArray[1][1]);

Live sample: https://godbolt.org/z/TMjf1GcE9