C / C++ / MFC

int stringcount = 2;
char** arrayofstrings = new char*[stringcount]; //allocate an array of string pointers

for(int i = 0; i < stringcount; i++)
{
    arrayofstrings[i] = new char[10]; //set each pointer in the array to an array of chars
}

// ********************* what if we exceed the bounds...  *********************
strcpy(arrayofstrings[0], "This is entirely too many chars");

//I do something like this to delete the array of strings:
for(i = 0; i < stringcount; i++)
{
    delete [] arrayofstrings[i]; //delete each string in the array
    arrayofstrings[i] = NULL;
}

delete [] arrayofstrings; //delete the array of string pointers
arrayofstrings = NULL;