cppStrDynArrContainer

#include <iostream>


int main()
{
    const int maxLines{ 100 };
    const int maxLen{ 5 };

    //char text[maxLines][maxLen]; // memory used = 20000 bytes
    char* text[maxLines]{}; // memory used sizeof(char*) * maxLines = 4 * 100 = 400 bytes

    //char* buf{ new char[maxLen] };
    char buf[maxLen];
    int memoryUsed{ 0 };
    char menu{ 'Y' };
    int textPos{};
    int strLength{};

    std::cout << "Enter text lines one by one, max 199 chars long:\n";

    do
    {
        std::cout << textPos << ": ";
        std::cin.getline(buf, maxLen - 1);

        if (std::cin.fail())
        {
            std::cin.clear();
            std::cout << "Too long line!\n";
            //std::cin.ignore(32768, '\n');
        }

        strLength = strlen(buf) + 1;
        text[textPos] = new char[strLength];
        strcpy_s(text[textPos], strLength, buf);
        ++textPos;
        memoryUsed += strLength;

        std::cout << "Enter one more string? y/n\n";
        std::cin >> menu;
        std::cin.ignore(100, '\n');

    } while ((menu == 'Y' or menu == 'y') and textPos < maxLines);

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

    std::cout << "Memory used " << memoryUsed << '\n';


    //delete[] buf;
    return 0;
}