将指针的值分配给指针数组中的指针

Question

I would like to assign a character in a string to the first character of string in array of strings, equivalently I would like to assign a pointer in an array of pointers to the value of another pointer.

I have tried the following:

char ** array=malloc(sizeof(char*)*10);
char * str="like";

*(array[0])=*str;
*(array[0])=str[0];
**(array)=*str;
**(array)=str[0];

These seem like they are assigning the value of value of the first pointer.

I keep getting a segmentation fault error.

Answer 1

I realized that I was misunderstanding what happens when an array of pointers is created. I assumed that C actually created the pointers in an array and didn't just allocate space for them.

The fix:

char ** array = malloc(sizeof(char *) * 10);
    char tok = *ts; /* create character that has value of a pointer */

    char *token =&tok; /* create new pointer that points to same value as *ts but in a different address */
    array[0]=token; /* assign the pointer */