Nas, why don't u just define a an array of required size and call a "for" loop and input all the values using that for loop. Say... //--------------------------------------------- int/float/char a; //depending on whether u want integer, float or characters. const int arraySize=wateverNumber; int array[arraySize]; for(int i=0;i>a; array[i]=a; } I hope thats what you are looking for...if not pop up another question.