//code to take input of strings in an array of pointers
#include <stdio.h>
#include <strings.h>
int main()
{
    //suppose the array of pointers is of 10 elements
    char *strings[10],string[50],*p;
    int length;
    //proper method to take inputs:
    for(i=0;i<10;i++)
    {
        scanf(" %49[^n]",string);
        length = strlen(string);
        p = (char *)malloc(length+1);
        strcpy(p,string);//why use strcpy here instead of p = string
        strings[i] = p; //why use this long way instead of writing directly strcpy(strings[i],string) by first defining malloc for strings[i]
    }
return 0;
}