Re: Dynamically read string

> howa wrote [2008-05-08 10:29 PM]:
> Are there any simple method to read string into dynamic array of
> string, e.g. char**
> 
> E.g.
> 
> char **c;
> 
> Since the number of line is unknown, how the dynamic allocation is
> done actually?

Instead of character buffers and pointers, use a vector of strings
(std::vector<std::string>).  Read input using an istream iterator
and append to the vector using std::copy and a back iterator.
Dynamic allocation is all done by the standard library.

Then, if you really need character pointers, you can use the vector
size to allocate an array of character pointers.  Iterate over
the vector: allocate a char[] buffer for each string; copy the string
into the buffer; and set a pointer in the array of character pointers.

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