Try this:
int main()
{
char* element[] = {"Hydrogen", "Helium", "Lithium", "Beryllium", "Boron", "Carbon", "Nitrogen", "Oxygen", "Fluorine", "Neon"};
char* j;
j = element[0];
printf("%c\n",j[0]);
return 0;
}
element
is an array of pointers to character.
So to access an element of the array, you need a pointer to a character:
char* j;