how do you do it?

I have this array:

char textureFileNames[ NUMBER_OF_TEXTURES ][ 48 ];
 

and:

// this is what I want
examplestruct.filenames = textureFileNames;
 

• how do I declare the struct member so that it allows me to pass the address of my array to the member?
• then how do i assign the address of the 2D array to the member?

any help appreciated

Declare your filenames field as follows:

struct myStruct {
    char (*filenames)[48];
};

It compiles, thank u!

Hi, never the less, you could do it maybe even easier making filenames a std::string fienames[NUMBER_OF_TEXTURES];

also easy to assing, like:

filenames[x] = "something";

filenames[x] += somevar; etc.

this gives great flexibility in my opinion, compared to using array of chars

(I use it to choose the right filename for effects, based on shadermodel, number of lights etc)

is this allowed in C? I've never used std::string before but I think it's for C++ right?

Also isn't the string vulnerable to being overwritten by other data since you don't explicitly specify its size?