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From: donp@na.excelan.com (don provan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Turbo C large character array
Keywords: TC, char, array, large, huge
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Date: 31 Jul 90 19:27:41 GMT
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In article <manning.649438172@gap> manning@gap.caltech.edu (Evan Marshall Manning) writes:
>doug@ozdaltx.UUCP (Doug Matlock) writes:
>>x = (char **)malloc(num_rows*sizeof(char));
>			      ^^^^^^^^^^^^ try sizeof(char *)!!!!

Actually, i prefer

	char **x;
	x = (char **)malloc( num_rows * sizeof *x );

Since the type of x has already been defined, why duplicate that
information in the malloc?  In general, i avoid sizeof(type), since
there's almost always a specific example of type at hand, and normally
it is in fact that specific example i want to know the size of, not
the generic type.  (And, of course, i'd *never* use a name like "x"...)

						don provan
						donp@novell.com