Re: General method for dynamically allocating memory for a string

"smnoff" <343rhinosourueus@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

I have searched the internet for malloc and dynamic malloc; however, I still
don't know or readily see what is general way to allocate memory to char *
variable that I want to assign the substring that I found inside of a
string.

If you want to allocate memory for a string, pass the number of
non-null characters in it, plus one, to malloc, then copy the
string into it, being sure to null-terminate the result.

If you can be more specific about what you're trying to do,
perhaps we can help with some details.
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It seems to be even harder than writing."
--Richard Heathfield
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