c - Scanf Seg Fault -

i'm working on assignment c course, , i'm trying take in user's input , store in variable use later in code. here's main function looks like,

int main() {     // variables here     char* inputline[10];      {         printf("insert number....");         scanf("%s\n", inputline);         // more stuff here     }     return 0; } 

this code gives me bunch of warnings, warning: format specifies type 'char *' argument has type 'char **' [-wformat], , if change variable declaration to,

char* inputline = null; 

when execute code seg fault, can explain me doing wrong, , differences of happens in memory when i'm initializing variable?

char* inputline[10];

--> array of ten pointers char

printf's format %s expects argument of type char *, you're providing type char **

just use

char inputline[10];

to avoid possible buffer overflow should use

scanf("%9s", inputline); //notice size %s

9 because c string null terminated ('\0') 1 byte goes @ end