Hi Bo.

 LP>>         ext_char_arr[0] = "element zero";
 LP>>         ext_char_arr[1] = "element one";
 LP>>         ext_char_arr[2] = "element two";

 BS> Where do you malloc() those?

the above is legal if you don't modify what's pointed to.

 LP>> What precipitated this was a workalike of the 'banner'

(hmm, which banner program)

 LP>> program I wrote (called "pennant", naturally). The
 LP>> program is about 50 lines of code and 800+ of the large
 LP>> "character" definitions.

it's perfectly legal for that purpose as the definition are basically
constants...

 BS> If you have a unknown number of lines, you could use char**, or a linked
 BS> list (the linked list might be easier).

it's possible to do even that with constant arrays,

 char *shape1[]={"* *",
                 " * ",
                 "* *",
                 NULL}

 char *shape2[]={"*****",
                 "*   *",
                 "*   *",
                 "*   *",
                 "*****",
                 NULL}

 char **shapes[]={shape1,shape2,NULL};

 -=> Bye <=-

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