Initialize a multi-dementional char array

Why doesn't this work?

char prompt[][]={{"String 1 here"},{"String 2 here"},{"And one last one...."}};

It keeps telling me that "elements of array prompt have incomplete type"....

The inner dimension(s) of a multi-dimensional array need to be fixed, otherwise the compiler can't do its arithmetic to find the array elements.
Your declaration shoould be something like:

Note that this means you have to know the maximum length of the strings. Some compilers may give you an error if you get it wrong, but I wouldn't rely on that.
It will also allocate more space than you need.
Depending on what the array was for, you could use

This just allocates enough space for the strings, but if you are modifying the data, it could be dangerous.

Ooohhh..... <smacks forhead>

thanx