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#include <ctime>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstdio>
 
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
  srand(time(NULL));
  size_t width = 80;
  size_t height = 10;
 
  char **array = new char*[height];
  for (int i = 0; i < height; ++i) {
    array[i] = new char[width];
    for (int j = 0; j < width; ++j)
      printf("%c", array[i][j] = 'a' + rand() % ('z' - 'a' + 1));
    printf("\n");
  }
  printf("\n");
 
  int remove_element_position = rand() % width;
  printf("Removing element number %d.\n\n", remove_element_position);
 
  for (int i = 0; i < height; ++i) {
    char *new_row = new char[width - 1];
    for (int j = 0; j < remove_element_position; ++j)
      new_row[j] = array[i][j];
    for (int j = remove_element_position + 1; j < width; ++j)
      new_row[j-1] = array[i][j];
    delete [] array[i];
    array[i] = new_row;
  }
  --width;
 
  for (int i = 0; i < height; ++i) {
    for (int j = 0; j < width; ++j)
      printf("%c", array[i][j]);
    printf("\n");
  }
 
  for (int i = 0; i < height; ++i)
    delete [] array[i];
  delete [] array;
  return 0;
}