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From: rogerk@sco.COM (Roger Knopf 5502)
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Subject: Re: pointers - why dosn't this work? (patch level #1)
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Date: 5 Apr 90 23:28:01 GMT
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In article <23474@mimsy.umd.edu> dbk@mimsy.umd.edu (Dan Kozak) writes:

There is an even easier way

>Actually it is 3 uninitialized pointers.  The first fix still works,
>but if you want to keep a declared as in the original, add 
>
>      a[0] = (char *) malloc(sizeof(x) + 1);     /* this */
>      strcpy(a[0], x);
Instead of the preceding two lines, use:
	a[0] = strdup(x);

strdup(S) automagically does the malloc for you and returns a 
pointer to where it duped the string.

Roger Knopf
SCO Consulting Services
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