cppStrContainerDyn2D

#include <iostream>


int main()
{
    const int maxLines{ 100 };
    const int maxLen{ 200 };

    //char** text{ new char* [maxLen] {} };
    //char* buf{ new char[maxLen] };
    char* text[maxLen]{};
    char buf[maxLen]{};


    int textPos{ 0 };
    char addMore{ 'y' };

    int memoryUsed{ 0 };

    while ( (addMore == 'y') or (addMore == 'Y') and textPos < maxLines )
    {
        std::cout << textPos << '.';
        std::cin.getline(buf, maxLen - 1);
        int len{ (int)strlen(buf) + 1 };

        memoryUsed += len;
        *(text + textPos) = new char[len];
        strcpy_s(*(text + textPos), len, buf);
        ++textPos;

        std::cout << "Add another line? [Y/y to add]";
        std::cin >> addMore;
        std::cin.ignore(32767, '\n');
    }

    std::cout << "Here is your text:\n";

    for (textPos = 0; *(text + textPos) and textPos < maxLines; ++textPos)
    {
        std::cout << *(text + textPos) << '\n';
    }

    std::cout << "Memory used to store this text: " << memoryUsed << '\n';

    for (textPos = 0; *(text + textPos) and textPos < maxLines; ++textPos)
    {
        delete[] *(text + textPos);
    }

    //delete[] text;
}