Couple of questions about strings and such

[Shisou]

Okay, first.... is it possible to have an array that's too large? I seem to be getting an error when i try declaring a two dimentional array that's... well... huge... so i'm guessing that it is if your answer is yes...

if it isn't possible to make it an array I'm not sure how i could do this... I'm basically trying to import a dictionary to check words. I have to check the words using a binary search so I don't think a link list would be a good choice. the other option is to compare it to each line in the file, but the problem i'm having with that is getting to specific lines in the file so any hints on that would be appreciated too...




bottom line... i need help again :\

[gpraghuram]

You can delare a double pointer like char**ptr and allocate memory for it in run-time.

Raghuram

[Shisou]

so if I did char** List then i could malloc the memory to make it like a 2-d array?

I think that would be a great idea but it brings me to a new question...

How would I allocate the memory for each of the pointers? Can you please give me a snip of code for that?

[Shisou]

so if I did char** List then i could malloc the memory to make it like a 2-d array?

I think that would be a great idea but it brings me to a new question...

How would I allocate the memory for each of the pointers? Can you please give me a snip of code for that?

nevermind :) i figured it out, thank you verrrrry much using the double pointer works beautifully!