help generating an array of array with malloc or calloc

From: Eric Boutin (eric_at_nic.nac.wdyn.de)
Date: 11/30/03 

Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 09:06:51 -0500

Hi ! I would like to generate an array of type char[n][5];

I just dont really figure out how I could do it with malloc or calloc.. I
mean.. I know how to allocate a simple array with both of them; but when it
comes to a 2 dimension array.. I'm stuck.. I mean.. if I ask for char**
array = malloc(5*n*sizeof(char));, it'll return a void*, not a void**..
anyone have an idea ?

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