#define NUMBER_OF_PLANETS 9
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
int main( int argc, char** argv ) {
/*
average distance of planets from sun
mercury: 57 million km.
venus: 108 million km.
earth: 150 million km.
mars: 228 million km.
jupiter: 779 million km.
saturn; 1430 million km.
uranus: 2880 million km.
neptune: 4500 million km.
pluto: 5910 million km.
*/
// "char" means "character"
// a character can be a letter, a digit, punctuation
// trivia: punched cards had 80 columns
// some early video terminals displayed 80 char
// names is an array of arrays of characters
// another way to say this: it is an array of strings
char names[9][80];
// "str" stands for "string"
// "cpy" stands for "copy"
// strcpy() is a function that copies a string
// "mercury" is a literal (a value)
// function call stores "mercury" in the location names[0]
strcpy( names[0], "mercury" );
strcpy( names[1], "venus" );
strcpy( names[2], "earth" );
strcpy( names[3], "mars" );
strcpy( names[4], "jupiter" );
strcpy( names[5], "saturn" );
strcpy( names[6], "uranus" );
strcpy( names[7], "neptune" );
strcpy( names[8], "pluto" );
// distances is an array of integers
int distances[9];
distances[0] = 57;
distances[1] = 108;
distances[2] = 150;
distances[3] = 228;
distances[4] = 779;
distances[5] = 1430;
distances[6] = 2880;
distances[7] = 4500;
distances[8] = 5910;
for( int i = 0; i < NUMBER_OF_PLANETS; i++ ) {
printf(
"distance of %s from the sun is %4d km.\n",
names[i], distances[i] * 1000000 );
} // for
exit( 0 );
} // main( int, char** )