[algafan]

So what I want to do is something like that:

void function(char *ar[]){
        strcpy(ar[0],"blablabla");
}
int main(){
        char str[100][200];
        function(str);         //wrong

I mean I want to have a function to which i can pass a 2d array and it ll make some changes to it. I do not want a function with a 2d array argument cause i do not want to set the size of array explicitly, so I believe this is the only way. The thing is that

function(str);

is wrong and I get a warning during compile:

test.c:9: warning: passing argument 1 of function from incompatible pointer type

so what I 'm asking is, what is the right way to call function on this array or/and if there is another way to do all this.
thanks.

[rohanag]

A good example would be matrix operations
i have made function's
input-for taking the matrix from user
output-for displaying dsired matrix
addtn-for adding matrices
subtn-subtracting
multn-multiplying

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
void input(int (*in)[3]);
void output(int (*out)[3]);
void addtn(int (*x)[3],int (*y)[3]);
void subtn(int (*x)[3],int (*y)[3]);
void multi(int (*x)[3],int (*y)[3]);
void main()
{
int mat1[3][3],mat2[3][3],choice;
int i,j;
clrscr();

printf("\nEnter the elements of first matrix:\n");
input(mat1);
printf("\nEnter the elements of second matrix:\n");
input(mat2);

do
    {
    clrscr();
    printf("\t\t\t 1) ADDITION\n");
    printf("\t\t\t 2) SUBTRACTION\n");
    printf("\t\t\t 3) MULTIPLICATION\n");
    printf("\t\t\t 4) EXIT\n\n\n");
    printf("\n\nEnter Your choice: ");
    scanf("%d",&choice);
        switch(choice)
        {
        case 1:
            addtn(mat1,mat2);
            break;
        case 2:
            subtn(mat1,mat2);
            break;
        case 3:
            multi(mat1,mat2);
            break;
        case 4:
            exit(1);
        default :
            printf("Not in the list of choices. Enter from the list only!");
        }

}while(1);
}
//********************************INPUT***************************************
void input(int (*in)[3])
{
int i,j;
for(i=0;i<3;i++)
{
    for(j=0;j<3;j++)
    {
        printf("\nEnter the Element of row,%d and col,%d: ",i+1,j+1);
        scanf("%d",(*(in+i)+j));
    }
}
getch();
clrscr();
}
//********************************DISPAY MATRIX******************************
void output(int (*out)[3])
{
int i,j;
for(i=0;i<3;i++)
{
    for(j=0;j<3;j++)
    {
    printf("%d\t",*(*(out+i)+j));
    }
printf("\n");
}
}
//*******************************ADDITION*************************************
void addtn(int (*x)[3],int (*y)[3])
{
int i,j,c[3][3];
for(i=0;i<3;i++)
    for(j=0;j<3;j++)
        c[i][j]=0;

printf("\nThe 1st matrix Entered is:\n");
output(x);
printf("\nThe 2nd matrix Entered is:\n");
output(y);

for(i=0;i<3;i++)
{
    for(j=0;j<3;j++)
    {
        c[i][j]= *(*(x+i)+j)+ *(*(y+i)+j);
    }
}
printf("\nThe resultant sum matrix is:\n");
output(c);

getch();
clrscr();
}

//**************************** subtraction ******************************
void subtn(int (*x)[3],int (*y)[3])
{
int i,j,c[3][3];
for(i=0;i<3;i++)
    for(j=0;j<3;j++)
        c[i][j]=0;
printf("\nThe 1st matrix Entered is:\n");
output(x);
printf("\nThe 2nd matrix Eneterd is:\n");
output(y);
for(i=0;i<3;i++)
        for(j=0;j<3;j++)
        {
            c[i][j]=*(*(x+i)+j)-*(*(y+i)+j);
        }
printf("\nThe resultant Difference matrix is:\n");
output(c);
getch();
clrscr();
}
//**************************MULTIPLICATION***********************************
void multi(int (*x)[3],int (*y)[3])
{
int i,j,k,c[3][3];
for(i=0;i<3;i++)
    for(j=0;j<3;j++)
        c[i][j]=0;

printf("\nThe 1st matrix Entered by you is:\n");
output(x);
printf("\nThe 2nd matrix Entered by you is:\n");
output(y);

for(i=0;i<3;i++)
{
    for(j=0;j<3;j++)
        for(k=0;k<3;k++)
        {
        c[i][j]+=(*(*(x+i)+k))*(*(*(y+k)+j));
        }
}
printf("\nThe resultant Product matrix is:\n");
output(c);
getch();
clrscr();
}