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#include <iostream>
int main(){
    const int n=3;
    char * arr[n]={"My string","My text","My number?o_O"};  
    for(int i=0;i<3;++i)
        std::cout<<*(arr+i)<<std::endl;
    return 0;
}

std::ostream               &operator<< (std::ostream    &Stream    ,
                                        TParseXSMResult  CodeResult)
{
        int             ErrorMaskIndex;
        TParseXSMResult ErrorMask;
        TParseXSMResult LastMask;
        TParseXSMResult FirstMask;
        TParseXSMResult Error;
        bool            First;
        bool            Last;
 static char            Out[2][2][5][32]={{{"empty buffer, ", "no xsm tag, ", "no version tag, ", "unsupported version, ", "parse error, "}, {"empty buffer.", "no xsm tag.", "no version tag.", "unsupported version.", "parse error."}}, {{"Empty buffer, ", "No xsm tag, ", "No version tag, ", "Unsupported version, ", "Parse error, "}, {"Empty buffer.", "No xsm tag.", "No version tag.", "Unsupported version.", "Parse error."}}};
 if (((unsigned int)CodeResult)>0x1F)
 {
  Stream<<"Unknown result code."<<std::endl;
  return Stream;
 }
 if (CodeResult==TPXSMRNoError)
 {
  Stream<<"No error."<<std::endl;
  return Stream;
 }
 for (ErrorMaskIndex=0; ErrorMaskIndex<5; ++ErrorMaskIndex)
 {
  ErrorMask=(TParseXSMResult)(0x01<<ErrorMaskIndex);
  Error    =(TParseXSMResult)(CodeResult&ErrorMask);
  FirstMask=(TParseXSMResult)(((unsigned int)ErrorMask)-1);
  LastMask =(TParseXSMResult)(0x1F^(FirstMask|ErrorMask));
  First=(CodeResult&FirstMask)==0x00;
  Last =(CodeResult&LastMask )==0x00;
  if (Error!=0x00)
  {
   Stream<<Out[First][Last][ErrorMaskIndex];
  }
 }
 Stream<<std::endl;
 return Stream;
}

char * arr[n]={"My string","My text","My number?o_O"};

char * arr[3]={"My string","My text","My number?o_O"};

char * arr[]={"My string","My text","My number?o_O"};

const char * arr[]={"My string","My text","My number?o_O"};
const int size = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(*arr);

    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
        std::cout << arr[i] << std::endl;
    }