How to ctreate an array of objects that contain character strings

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but my confusion is how to create an array of objects, a data member should be a pointer to null-terminated string

As demonstrated, use a std::vector<std::string>. You would access it just as you would a "normal" array.

If due to assignment requirements you are not allowed to do so, then...

I do know how to declare an object whose data member is a pointer to string, but I really don't know how to implement that into arrays and then retrieve data from an array.

Let's see your current code. Chances are, you should be creating your own string class.