Can you have an array of strings?

string [2];
does this create two strings or a string of 2 characters?
If the latter how do you make it work as an array of strings?

Probably neither. This declares an array, named strings, of two std::string objects:

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std::string strings[2];

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It depends what the code is that you posted - laserlight has most likely given you the most appropriate answer.

But anyhow just posting

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string [2];

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isn't the most helpful code snippet - for one thing, it is not valid code from a declaration point of view. Therefore it could mean more than one thing. For example, it could be the use of operator[]. e.g.

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const char* string = "Hello world";

std::cout << string[2] << std::endl; //outputs the letter 'l'

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Hence, a little more context (like posting the whole line of code) would be useful.

Why to have an array of 2 string ? ( Something not good there)
Why not to have array with pointers to those strings ? :)

(Missunderstud question :( )

I don't see why pointers should get involved here. They certainly don't have to.

Just in case you might need different number of strings

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std::vector<std::string>

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