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From: Radical DOT NetSurfer AT delorie DOT com
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Subject: Loading data in a single operation?!?
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 20:18:51 -0500
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Here's a toughy:

Using conventional C-style code,
something I wish to be portable,
how would you load in data for a
two-dimensional string array...
dynamically allocated:

example:
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unsigned char **StringArray;
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    if ( (StringArray = (char **)malloc(1024*sizeof(char*)))==NULL ) {
       printf("Error allocating buffer.\n");
       exit(-1);
       }
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         if (((char*)StringArray[i] = (char*)malloc(13))==NULL) {
          printf("Have reached the limit for the StringArray!.\n");
          break;
          }
         memset(StringArray[i], 0, 13);
        strcpy(StringArray[i], data);
        ++i; 
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NOW, here's the really tricky part!

in #3 I am getting data currently from a file,
reading a line at a time, and feeding that into
the freshly allocated string_array[i],

HOW CAN I SIMPLY LOAD THE _entire_ FILE
INTO MEMORY in one swift operation ?
say, using    fread()   ???

the string array in memory has the actual format
of:
char *StringArray1[i] = {
  "item1a", "item1b",
 "item2a", "item2b",
 etc.  etc.
};

the sizes of each string is unique....
the size of the array may change the next time
the program runs,
any ideas?

THANKS!

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