Dynamic string array

Hello , I am learning c++ and I am learning pointer atm.. I would like to make a dynamic array that contain password of each students in class ( for example ) But instead of doing it with const , I would like to know how to do it with pointer ? I want to ask how much students will be in this class , then ask the password for each students , please help me !

Here an example of what I want it to look like :

Keep in mind I didnt learn class yet show me a simple way to do it

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <Windows.h>


using namespace std;


int main()
{
	
	
	 

	int students = 0;

	cout << "How much students are you in your class ?" << endl;
	cin >> students;

	string _students[students];

	

	for (int i = 0; i != students; i++)
	{

		cout << "Students : " << i << endl;
		cin >> _students[i];
	

	}
	
		
	for (int i = 0; i != students; i++)
	{

		cout << "Students passwords : \n" << endl;
		cout << i << "  " << endl;
		cout << _students[i];

	}
	
	return 0;
}

Code:

// Header #define MAX_PASSWORD_LENGTH 64 // Global pointer char* passwords; // Gets the password char* GetPassword( int id ){ if( passwords ){ return ( char* )( passwords + ( id * MAX_PASSWORD_LENGTH ) ); } return ""; // No allocated buffer } // Sets the password void SetPassword( int id, char* password ){ strcpy_s( ( char* )( passwords + ( id * MAX_PASSWORD_LENGTH ) ), MAX_PASSWORD_LENGTH, password ); } // In main int nStudents = 10; // Number of students ( cin or whatever ) // Allocate the dynamic buffer passwords = HeapAlloc( GetProcessHeap(), nStudents * MAX_PASSWORD_LENGTH, HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY ); // Allocated dynamic buffer char tmp[MAX_PASSWORD_LENGTH]; // Save the passwords for each for( int i=0; i<nStudents; i++ ){ cin >> tmp; SetPassword( i, tmp ); } // Output each password for( int i=0; i<nStudents; i++ ){ cout << " [ " << i << " ]: " << GetPassword( i ); } // At the end of the program free the buffer HeapFree( GetProcessHeap, NULL, passwords );

Thank you

Dynamic string array

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