#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string>
#include <time.h>
#include <iostream>
#include "conio.h"
using namespace std;

#define TESTSIZE 10

void FillWithTestData(int nth, char * buffer) {

    const char * data;

    switch (nth % 10) {

        case 0:
            data = "pink panties";
            break;
        case 1:
            data = "blue panties";
            break;
        case 2:
            data = "yellow panties";
            break;
        case 3:
            data = "red panties";
            break;
        case 4:
            data = "black panties";
            break;
        case 5:
            data = "teal panties";
            break;
        case 6:
            data = "gray panties";
            break;
        case 7:
            data = "white panties";
            break;
        case 8:
            data = "magenta panties";
            break;
        case 9:
            data = "invisible panties";
            break;
        default:
            data = "striped panties";
            break;
    }

    strcpy(buffer, data);
}

void main() {

    // Allocate the *array* to store our strings in
    char ** strings = new char*[TESTSIZE];

    for (int n = 0; n < TESTSIZE; n++) {

        // Allocate 255 bytes for a string
        strings[n] = new char[255];
    }

    // At this point I now have an array of TESTSIZE that contain a pointer to an array of 255 chars each

    for (int n = 0; n < TESTSIZE; n++) {

        // Fill out some test data
        FillWithTestData(n, strings[n]);
    }

    // And now I have TESTSIZE strings that contain test data
    // So I'll print it out:

    for (int n = 0; n < TESTSIZE; n++) {

        cout << n << ": " << strings[n] << endl;
    }

    // Now I wanna deallocate said data you'll need to deallocate everything you created with new
    for (int n = 0; n < TESTSIZE; n++) {

        delete strings[n];
    }

    // And finally delete the array itself

    delete[] strings;

    _getch();
}