> I was wondering if someone might be able to give me an example of how 
 > to use realloc,

#include 
#include 

int main(void)
{
    char *buffer, *new_buffer;

    buffer = malloc(80);
    if(!buffer) {
        /* unable to allocate initial buffer */
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    new_buffer = realloc(buffer, 100);
    if(!new_buffer) {
        /* unable to allocate larger buffer */
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    buffer = new_buffer;

    /* 
     * do something with buffer
     *
     * ...
     *
     */

    free(buffer);
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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