From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Dynamically Allocated Arrays in C
Date: 25 Apr 2001 11:08:59 GMT
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Ren <waxweazle69 AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
> I have a slight problem with implementing a dynamically allocated 2D array.
> I was originally using 10 declerations of arrays in the following form:
> char claimsTagArray[40][9]; but it seemed a slight waste of memory and time.

> So i wanted to implement it dynamically so i only need to allocate memory to
> it when i need it.
[...]

As this is a generic C question, it's not a big surprise that the C
FAQ (posted regularly to comp.lang.c, among other places) has the
answer for it --- and it even manages to get away with only two
malloc() calls, instead of (1+firstDim) ones.  Go figure.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.