why the following code using char* doesn't work?

[indiocolifa]

why the following code doesn't work (gives me a general protection fault):

int    MAX = 200;
char *optiondesc[MAX];

int main()
{
  ...

   // get maximum number of options
    
    do
    {
        cout << "Enter the number of options you want to evaluate:" << endl
            << "(minimum is 2)" << endl;
        cout << "?";
        
        cin >> numopt;
    } while (numopt < 2);
    
	for (i=0; i < numopt; i++)
	{
		cout << "Option " << i << "?";
		cin >> optiondesc[i];
	}
...
return 0;
}

May be I've not allocated spacE?