C Pointer to array of string Actual Representation and allocation

void main(){

char *array[4]={"c","c++","java","sql"};

char *(*ptr)[4]=&array;

printf("%s ",++(*ptr)[2]);

}

Output: ava

Explanation:

In this example

ptr: It is pointer to array of string of size 4.

array[4]: It is an array and its content are string.

Pictorial representation:

Note: In the above figure upper part of box represent content and 

lower part represent memory address. We have assumed arbitrary address.

++(*ptr)[2]

=++(*&array)[2] //ptr=&array

=++array[2]

=++”java”

=”ava” //Since ptr is character pointer so it 

// will increment only one byte

Note: %s is used to print stream of characters 

up to null (\0) character.