Re: [Help-smalltalk] How can I build a char**?

[Markus Fritsche]

Bonzini wrote:

> > Could anyone give me a hint how I can build a char** like
> >   mesg[0] = "                               ";
> >   mesg[1] = "<C>Hello World!";
> >   mesg[2] = "                               ";
> > ?
> >    
>
> Build a CArray of CStrings and fill in the CStrings one by one.  IIRC the
> GDBM module can be of some help when dealing with C data structures.
>
> The trick was understanding the various kinds of dereferencing primitives.
>
>  

| cs ca | ca := CArray new: 1. ca type: (CArrayCType elementType: (CType 
cObjectType: CString) numberOfElements: 1). cs := CString new: 10. cs 
value: 'asd'. ca at: 0 put: cs. (ca derefAt: 0) printNl!

This prints out 'asd', but I'm not sure if this is what I mean. Is it?

Kind regards, Markus