Print char pointer array in a struct with printf in c

Question

I am trying to print the names of my array with a for but the output gives me random letter and signs, I cant cast it correctly to print the names of the struct.

typedef struct{
   // uint8_t name;
    char *name[100];
    char *lasTName[100];
}resFrame;

resFrame serverFrame;

for(int j=0;j<10;j++){
   printf("%s",(char *)&serverFrame.name[j]);  
}

Output:

�7��

I try with a for and with a other pointer but it gives me the same problem and sometimes a core dumped

Answer 1

If the data member name declared like

char *name[100];

indeed contains pointers to strings then you need to write for example

printf("%s\n", serverFrame.name[j]);

The conversion specifier expects an argument of the type char *.

The expression used by you &serverFrame.name[j] has the type char **. Casting it to the type char * results in undefined behavior because the address of the pointer is considered by the call of printf as an address of the first element of a string.