Ok. This should not be complicated: I have an array of char pointers and I would like to combine the array into one char pointer. So for kicks, lets say I have this char * array:
The answer actually depends on what exactly you meant by chars[] declaration.
As is, it is declared as an array of char pointers (aka an array of strings), and initialized as such. Except that they are initialized to strings consisting of 1 char (plus 1 null).
So if you meant it to be an array of strings that happen to be initialized to 1 char, none of the solutions provided so far will work.
If you meant it to be an array of chars, like:
char chars[16] = {'a', 'b', ..., 'p'};
then there is nothing to be done: chars is the pointer to a string.