Store string to char pointer variable

Question

I'm trying to insert a string to a char* pointer but clearly not working.

I read that I may need to use malloc or something? But the other sites don't share them clearly.

char* token[1000];
gets(token);
printf("%s\n",*token);

Thanks

UPDATE:

Now I have to insert the pointer (which points to the string) to a function with the shown parameter.

int function(char *token[]);

char token[1000];
gets(token);
char*text=token;
printf("%s\n",text);

function(text);

Error of expected ‘char **’ but argument is of type ‘char *’

unwind · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-04 13:43:59Z

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Your variable declaration is wrong, you have declared an array of 1000 character pointers, not 1000 characters. Remove the *.

Also never use gets(), always use fgets() instead since it's safer. There's nothing preventing the user from entering more than 1000 characters with gets(), which will overflow the buffer.

answered Nov 4, 2013 at 13:43

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dhein Over a year ago

Aditonally then you also have to remove the * in teh printf line as then *token isn't a string anymore.

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