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topicArray defined as follows:

const char* msgTopic = "Home/Messages";
const char* groupTopic = "Home/All";
char* deviceName = deviceTopic;
const char* topicArry[2] = {deviceTopic, groupTopic};

But deviceTopic can be changed during code run, and I wish that topicArray containg deviceTopic will have the correct value after deviceTopic has changed.

What is the right way doing so ?

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    don't make the array 'constant' with const and you can change the values (pointers) it contains Commented Jan 11, 2019 at 20:00
  • @Juraj I did remove const ouf of array and all other variable, but still array is not changed Commented Jan 11, 2019 at 20:03
  • do you change it? Commented Jan 11, 2019 at 20:23
  • as said " I did remove const" Commented Jan 11, 2019 at 20:24
  • to be able to set the value topicArray[0] = "something" Commented Jan 11, 2019 at 20:26

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You may try something like this:

const char* topicArry[2] = {NULL, groupTopic};
const char** const pDeviceTopic = &topicArry[0];
#define deviceTopic (*pDeviceTopic)

Arguably not very elegant, but now when you assign, e.g.

deviceTopic = msgTopic;

you are actually writing into topicArry[0].

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