Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!cci632!ritcsh!gregory From: gregory@ritcsh.csh.rit.edu (Greg Conway) Subject: Re: Novice question about malloc and pointers Message-ID: <1991Apr29.224347.13746@ritcsh.csh.rit.edu> Organization: Computer Science House @ RIT, Rochester, NY. References: <9104171614.AA14362@enuxha.eas.asu.edu> <1139@gtenmc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1991 22:43:47 GMT Lines: 12 In article <1139@gtenmc.UUCP> csp@gtenmc.UUCP () writes: > for ( i = 0 ; i < MAX ; i++ ) > str[i] = malloc(strlen(gets(buff)+1)), > strcpy(str[i],buff); My, my, my -- live on the edge, don't we? Using malloc without checking the return value is risky, at best... - Greg -- Gregory Conway @ Computer Science House, RIT