# Help with PROGMEM and char arrays

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**Category:** Programming\
**Created:** [February 8, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/help-with-progmem-and-char-arrays/1429675 "2026-02-08T01:41:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ShermanP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@ShermanP](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/ShermanP)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/help-with-progmem-and-char-arrays/1429675/4 "2026-02-08T02:18:56Z")

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Thanks very much. But each string has to have it's own PROGMEM? I couldn't just add PROGMEM to the array I had originally, with the (char\*) things?

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