How is memory allocated for an implicitly defined multidimensional array in C99?

Question

I\'m trying to write a C99 program and I have an array of strings implicitly defined as such:

char *stuff[] = {\"hello\",\"pie\",\"deadbeef\"};

Answer 1

char *stuff[] = {"hello","pie","deadbeef"};

Is not a multidimensional array! It is simply an array of pointers.

how much memory is allocated for each string?

The number of characters plus a null terminator. Same as any string literal.

I think you want this:

char foo[][10] = {"hello","pie","deadbeef"};

Here, 10 is the amount of space per string and all the strings are in contiguous memory. Thus, there will be padding for strings less than size 10.