#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>


int main ()
{
    long n;
    char temp[17]; // input buffer
    do
    {
        printf("How many  strings?: ");
        fgets(temp, 16, stdin); // input
        n=strtol(temp,NULL,10); // convert to number
    }
    while (n==0); // failure gives 0 if they do not enter a valid integer
    char name[n][17];
    int i =0;

    for(i=0; i<n; i++)
    {
        printf("Input string number %d: ", i);
        do
        {
            fgets(temp, 16, stdin); // get input, max 16 chars
            char * where = strchr(temp,'\n'); // look for Enter
            if (where) // if got one
                *where=0; // replace by 0
            printf("Length of temp = %d temp = %s\n",strlen(temp), temp); // check what we've got
        }
        while (strlen(temp)<1); // in case they just press Enter
        strcpy(name[i], temp);
    }
    // check what we have:
    for(i=0; i<n; i++)
    {
        printf("%s\n",name[i]);
    }
    return 0;
}