In C how to get number of items in array of pointers to char strings

Question

I want to implement the following function to print the contents of several char strings which are referenced through a pointer array. How can I determine how

Answer 1

There is no built-in way to do this as C does not track the number of elements in an array for you like this.

You have a couple of options:

1. Pass the number of items in the array.
2. Set the last item to NULL so the code knows when it's reached the end. (This is kind of how C strings are handled.)
3. Otherwise modify your data structures to track the number of items in the array.