On , John Richardson (2:2502/60{at}fidonet.org) wrote: 

 > But, how do I create a variable number of structs, allocating the
 > memory when needed.
 >
 > int num_of_configs=atoi(argv[1]);        // for example
 >
 > // Mystery Code here please. :)

 > CONFIG  *c;

 >     c = malloc( sizeof( CONFIG) * num_of_configs);

 > Access with:

 >     c[config_num].element;

 > If you want to allocate or deallocate individual configs later on you 
 > will need either an array of pointers or to set-up a linked list.

John...

  An even easier way is to use either MDALLOC.C or AMALLOC.C from SNIPPETS.
Both implement multi-dimensional arrays of any arbitrary size and/or number
of dimensions. 


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