C++: assign two values to char** in one line? -

i try assign 2 c-strings @ once:

 char **pair = {"name","joe"};

but error message:

 'initializing' : cannot convert 'const char [5]' 'char **'

but think worked me before?

joachim approach creates read-only string. that's how create array of const string literals.

another way,

// max_len being max string length. char pair[][max_len] = {"name","joe"}; // makes pair read-writeable,

DIs